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SALE  NUMBER   1468 
ON  PUBLIC  EXHIBITION  FROM  MONDAY,  FEBRUARY  NINTH 


CALIFORNIANA 

BOOKS,  PAMPHLETS 
AND   BROADSIDES 


TO  BE  SOLD 

THURSDAY  AFTERNOON,  FEBRUARY  NINETEENTH 

AT  TWO-THIRTY 


THE   ANDERSON   GALLERIES 

[MITCHELL   KENNERLEY,  PRESIDENT] 
PARK  AVENUE  AND  FIFTY-NINTH  STREET,  NEW  YORK 

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CONDITIONS  OF  SALE 


All  bids  to  be  per  lot  as  numbered  in  the  Catalogue. 

The  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer.  In  all  cases  of  disputed  bids  the 
lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his  judgment  as  to  the 
good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  shall  be  final. 

Buyers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make  such  cash  pay- 
ments on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default  of  which  the  lots 
purchased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  each  sale.  If  not  so  re- 
moved they  will  be  at  the  sole  risk  of  the  purchaser,  and  subject  to 
storage  charges,  and  The  Anderson  Galleries,  Incorporated,  will  not  be 
responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost,  stolen,  damaged  or  destroyed. 

Terms  cash.  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  conclusion  of  each  sale, 
or,  in  the  case  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills  are  rendered,  this  Com- 
pany reserves  the  right  to  recatalogue  the  goods  for  immediate  sale 
without  notice  to  the  defaulting  buyer,  and  all  costs  of  such  resale 
will  be  charged  to  the  defaulter.  This  condition  is  without  prejudice 
to  the  rights  of  the  Company  to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect 
the  amount  due  without  such  resale  at  its  own  option.  Unsettled  ac- 
counts are  subject  to  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per  annum. 

All  books  are  sold  as  catalogued,  and  are  assumed  to  be  in  good 
SECOND-HAND  couditiou.  If  material  defects  are  found,  not  mentioned 
in  the  catalogue,  the  lot  may  be  returned.  Notice  of  such  defects 
must  be  given  promptly  and  the  goods  returned  within  ten  days  from 
the  date  of  the  sale.  No  exceptions  will  be  made  to  this  rule.  Maga- 
zines and  other  periodicals,  and  all  miscellaneous  books  arranged  in 
parcels,  are  sold  as  they  are,  without  recourse. 

Autograph  Letters,  Documents,  Alanuscripts  and  Bindings  are  sold 
as  they  are,  without  recourse.  The  utmost  care  is  taken  to  authen- 
ticate and  correctly  describe  items  of  this  character,  but  this  Company 
will  not  be  responsible  for  errors,  omissions,  or  defects  of  any  kind. 

Bids.  We  make  no  charge  for  executing  orders  for  our  customers 
and  use  all  bids  competitively,  buying  at  the  lowest  price  permitted  by 
other  bids. 

Priced  Copy  of  this  Catalogue  may  be  secured  for  Hfty  cents  for  each 
session  of  the  sale. 

THE  ANDERSON  GALLERIES 

INCORPORATED 

PARK  AVENUE  AND  FIFTY-NINTH  STREET 

NEW  YORK 

TELEPHONE  PLAZA  9356  CATALOGUES  ON  REQUEST 

SALES    CONDUCTED    DY   MR.    FREDERICK   A.    CHAPMAN 


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NOTE 

THIS  Library,  collected  over  many  years,  is  rich  in  books, 
pamphlets  and  broadsides  relating  to  the  early  history  of 
California.  There  are  accounts  of  the  gold  discoveries,  with  the 
personal  reminiscences  of  the  men  who  took  part  in  them;  valu- 
able narratives  of  the  Indians,  and  Indian  Wars;  tracts  on  the 
Overland  Railroad;  Arguments  on  the  Land  Claims;  works  relat- 
ing to  the  foundations  and  beginnings  of  the  State  and  its  Con- 
quest by  the  Americans;  Trips  across  the  Plains  and  around  the 
Plorn  to  the  new  El  Dorado,  etc.,  etc. 

Much  of  this  material  is  extremely  rare,  and  in  a  number  of 
instances  no  cop3^  has  previously  appeared  in  book  sales. 
Among  the  items  of  especial  note  are  the  following: 
2.  Grizzly  Adams'  Adventures,  in  Wrappers. 
7.  Armstrong's  Three  Years  in  the  West. 
10.  Broadside,  "Miner's  Life  Illustrated."     1854. 
23.  Broadside  ''The  California  Indians."     1854. 
25.  Sutter  Broadside  on  Gold  Discovery.    1854. 
42.  Campbell's  Spanish  Settlements.     1762. 
47.  Castaneda's  Relation,  the  Original  Edition. 
50-55.  Important  collection  on  the  Chinese. 
59.  Cleveland's  Voyage  to  California.     Original  Edition. 
61-65.  Important  collection  on  the  Conquest. 
74.  Cutt's  Narrative.     Original  Edition. 

76.  Decalves  Overland  Expedition.    1795. 

77.  Delano — Old  Block's  California  Sketch  Book. 

78.  Dewitt's  Joaquin  Murietta.     Original  Edition. 
83.  Duniway's  Crossing  the  Plains.    1859. 

94.  Fernandez  Salvador's  California.     1816. 

95.  Field's  Personal  Reminiscences.     Original  Edition. 
98a.  Forbes'  California.     1839. 

102.  Frost's  California,  the  Rare  Original  Issue. 

103.  Galiano  &  Valdez's  Voyage  to   California.     1802. 
105.  Garrett's  Mysteries  &  Miseries  of  San  Francisco.   1853. 
105a.  Gibbes'  Map  and  Description.     1851. 


122.  Harmon's  Journal.     Original  Edition.    1820. 

124.  Haven's  Broadside  Map. 

138.  Hutchins  California  Magazine.     1856-57. 

151.  Kip's  Indian  Council  in  the  Walla  Walla. 

155-169.  Important  collection  on  the  Land  Claims. 

173.  Ledyard's  Voyage.     1783. 

175.  Leonard's  Narrative.     1839.     Original  Edition. 

195-6.  Broadside  "Miners  Ten  Commandments."     1853, 

204-12.  Important  collection  on  the  Overland  R.R. 

216.  Palou's  Life  of  Serra. 

220.  Marshall's  Life  and  Adventures. 

221.  Patterson's  Voyage  to  California.     1817. 
235.  Reid's  Trip  to  California.    1858. 

239c.  Rodriguez.    1845. 

247.  Career  of  Tiburcio  Vasquez.     1875. 

261.  Oatman  Captivity.     San  Francisco.     1857. 

265.  Taylor's  Frontier  &  Indian  Life.     Original  Edition, 

281.  Important  Documents  on  the  Vigilance  Comm. 

300.  Youngblood's  Life  &  Adventures.     Original  Edition. 


CALIFORNIANA 


^ 1.  ADAMS    (E.).     To  and  Fro,  Up  and  Down  in  California, 

Oregon  and  Washington,  with  Sketches  in  Arizona,  New  Mexico 
and  British  Columbia.    Plates.    12mo,  608  pp.    San  Francisco,  1888 

THE    EXCESSIVELY    RARE    AND    PRACTICALLY    UNKNOWN 

ORIGINAL   EDITION    OF   OLD    GRIZZLY    ADAMS' 

ADVENTURE;    WRITTEN    BY    HIMSELF. 

IN    ORIGINAL    WRAPPERS 

^- 2.     ADAMS  (J.  C).    The  Life  of  J.  C.  Adams,  known  as  Old 

*^  Grizzly  Adams,  Containing  a  Truthful  Account  of  his  Bear  Hunts, 
Fights  with  Grizzly  Bears,  Hairbreadth  Escapes  in  the  Rocky  and 
Nevada  Mountains,  and  the  Wilds  of  the  Pacific  Coast;  with  de- 
tails of  his  Trip  to  California  in  1849,  Four  Years  at  the  Mines; 
Adventures  in  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory,  &c.,  &c.  Writ- 
ten by  Himself.  Portrait.  12mo,  53  pp.  In  the  Original  Pictorial 
wrappers.  New  York,  1860 

Excessively  Rare.  Must  not  be  confounded  with  Hittell's  ''Life  of 
Adam^. ' '  We  are  able  to  trace  but  two  copies  of  this  Original,  i.  e.  a 
perfect  copy,  similar  to  the  above,  in  the  Wagner  collection,  and  one 
lacking  title   and  wrappers. 


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3.  ADAMS  (J.  C).  The  Adventures  of  James  Capon  Adams, 
Mountaineer  and  Grizzly  Bear  Hunter  of  California.  Edited  by 
T.  H.  Hittell.    8vo,  pp.  378,  with  12  plates.  Boston,  1860 

This  is  the  First  Edition  of  Hittell 's  Life  of  Adams,  and  due  to  its 
suspension,  owing  to  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  (see  Preface  of 
Scribner's   reprint),   is'   Extremely   Scarce. 

^4.  ALLEN  (A.  J.).  Ten  Years  in  Oregon.  Journal  of  the 
Travels  and  Adventures  of  Dr.  E.  White,  west  of  the  Eocky  Moun- 
tains, containing  also  a  History  of  the  Settlement  of  that  Country, 
the  Manners  and  Customs  of  the  Indians  and  Incidents  witnessed 
while  traversing  and  residing  in  the  Territory.  8vo,  399  pp. 
With  the  rare  full-page  woodcut  portrait,  which  is  invariably 
lacking.  Ithaca,  1848 

Original  Edition. 

/j^^  5.  APPONYI  (F.  H.).  The  Libraries  of  California:  An  Ac- 
count of  the  Principal  Private  and  Public  Libraries  throughout 
the  State.    8vo,  304  pp. 

San  Francisco:  Privately  Printed,  in  a  Small  Edition,  1878 

This  copy  has  3  autographic  letters  of  Mrs.  Apponyi  inserted,  one  of 
which  is  a  long  defense  of  the  work,  ending  ''such  facts  cannot  be  pub- 


lished  or  widely  known,"  and  a  2  column  article  from  S.  S.  Rider  of  the 
' '  Book  Notes, ' '  in  which  he  characterizes  the  volume  as  the  most  curious 
which  had  ever  come  into  his  hands;  now  very  rare,  and  unique  in  a 
bibliographical  sense.       89  private,  14  public  libraries  are  described. 

,  ^        6.  ARGYLE    (A.).     Cupid's  Album    (An  Account  of  a   Trip 

*^  across  the  Plains  from  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  by  way  of  the  Great  Salt 

Lake,  to  California,  with  letters  and  Reminiscences  of  the  Early 

Days).    8vo,  pp.  332.  New  York,  1866 

ARMSTRONG'S   (MAJOR)   THREE   YEARS   IN   OREGON   AND 
WASHINGTON    TERRITORIES,  CHICAGO,  1857 

5r—  7.' ARMSTRONG  (MAJOR  A.  N.).  Oregon:  Comprising  a 
History  and  Full  Description  of  the  Territories  of  Oregon  and 
Washington,  Embracing  the  Cities,  Towns,  Rivers,  Bays,  Harbors, 
Coasts,  Mountains,  Valleys,  Prairies,  Plains,  etc.  Together  with 
Remarks  upon  the  Social  Position,  Productions  Resources  and 
Prospects  of  the  Country;  a  dissertation  upon  the  Climate,  and 
a  Full  Description  of  the  Indian  Tribes  of  the  Pacific  Slope,  in- 
terspersed with  Incidents  of  Travel  and  Adventure.  By  A.  N. 
Armstrong,  for  three  years  a  Government  Surveyor  in  Oregon. 
12mo,  new  cloth  (tear  In  2  leaves),  147  pp.  Chicago,  1857 

Extremely  Rare. 

/  ^         8.  AVERY    (B.).     California  Pictures.     Tlaies.     8vo,  344  pp. 

San  Francisco,  1885 

''Memory  of  the  Sierra,"  "The  Western  Slope,"  "The  Saeramento," 
"Mt.  Shasta,"  etc. 

9.  BAILEY  (W.).  Journal  of  a  Trip  to  California  in  1853. 
Recollections  of  a  Gold  Seeking  Trip  by  Ox  Team  Across  the 
Plains  and  Mountains ;  With  a  Description  of  the  Gold  Regions  and 
the  Methods  of  Mining.  By  an  Old  Illinois  Pioneer.  Foriraii. 
8vo,  50  pp.,  original  wrappers. 

Le  Roy:  Privately  Printed  for  the  Author's  Friends. 

AN    EXCEEDINGLY    RARE    CALIFORNIA    VIEW 
1^^^^     10.  BAKER    (G.    H.).     The   Miner's  Life   Illustrated.     Large 
^  ^         Broadside  with  View  of  the  Mine  and  12  Scenes  depicting  "life  at 
the  Diggings."    4to,  with  text.  Sacramento,   [1854] 

We  are  unable  to  trace  the  sale  of  another  copy. 

^         11.  BARRY  (T.)   AND  PATTEN  (B.).     Men  and  Memories  of 
*^  San  Francisco  in  the  spring  of  1850.    12mo,  pp.  296. 

San  Francisco,  1873 

A  book  of   reminiscences   full   of  the   forgotten   atmosphere   of   a   for- 
gotten period,  hardly  anywhere  else  to  be  found  in  greater  degree. 

^'^ ^  12.  BARRY  (CAPT.  W.).  Up  and  Down;  Fifty  Years'  Experi- 
ences in  California  and  the  Pacific.  Being  the  Life  History  of 
Capt.  W.  J.  Barry.    Written  by  Himself.    VlaUs.    12mo,  pp.  307. 

London,  1879 
Journey  to  California  in   1849 — Sacramento — Hangtown — Eeddons  Dig- 
gings— Kay   the    Eobber-chief — Lynch    law — Indian    Massacres,    etc. 

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nT-        13.  BATES  (J.).    Notes  of  a  Tour  in  California.    12mo,  167  pp. 
Printed  for  Private  Distribution.  NeAv  York,  1887 

An   interesting  journal  in   day  by  day   form   of  life  and   observations 
in  California. 

^  ""  14.  BEECHER  (H.  W.).  An  Account  of  a  Tour  through  the 
West.  Especially  the  Wheat  Regions  and  Cattle  Ranges  of  the 
North-west,  the  Lumber  Country  of  Oregon  and  Washington,  Cali- 
fornia and  Utah.     Portrait.     8vo,  original  wrappers. 

New  York,  1884 

15.  BELL    (MAJOR    H.).      Reminiscences    of    a    Ranger:    Or 
Early  Times  in  Southern  California.     8vo,  457  pp. 

Los  Angeles,  1881 
Rare,     Practically    the    whole    work    records    the    author's    memoirs'   of 
the  Desperados  and  ''Bad-men"  of  the  time,  including  Joaquin  Murietta, 
Joe  Stokes,  the  Chihuahua  Scalp  Hunters,  etc. 


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.  16.  BENAVIDES  (A.  DE).  The  Memorial  of  Alanso  de  Bena- 
vides,  1630.  Translated  by  Mrs.  Edward  E.  Ayer.  Annotated  by 
F.  W.  Hodge  and  C.  F.  Lummis.  With  numerous  very  fine  plates 
and  a  facsimile  of  the  Original.    8vo,  309  pp. 

Chicago,  Privately  Printed,  1916 

17.  BIDWELL  (GEN.  JOHN).  Echoes  of  the  Past:  An  Ac- 
count of  the  First  Emigrant  Train  to  California,  Fremont  in  the 
Conquest  of  California,  the  Discovery  of  Gold  and  Early  Remi- 
niscences. Portrait  and  plates.  12mo,  pp.  92  in  the  original  wrap- 
pers. Chico,  privately  printed,  n.  d. 

Personal  Narrative  of  Gen.  Bidwell's  Overland  Expedition  Across  the 
Plains  in  1841.  The  General  became  one  of  the  foremost  of  California's 
citizens,  and  his  reminiscences  stand  in  the  front  rank  of  Western  pioneer 
historical  sources. 

18.  BLAKE  (M.).  Sur  le  Action  des  anciens  glaciers  dans  la 
Sierra  Nevada  de  California  et  sur  le  Origin  de  la  vallee  de  Yose- 
mite.     4to,  original  wrappers.  Paris,  1867 

19.  BLAKE  (W.).  Observations  on  the  Gold  Regions  of  Cali- 
fornia and  Oregon,  with  Notices  of  the  Mineral  Localities,  etc. 
8vo,  original  wrappers.  New  York,  1855 

' '  The  information  contained  in  the  following  notes  was  obtained  during 
the  exploration  for  a  Eoute  to  the  Pacific,  a  visit  to  the  Mining  Regions, 
and  from  a  residence  of  several  months." — Preface. 

^  20.  BLEDSOE  (A.  J.).  Indian  Wars  of  the  Calif ornian 
"^  Northwest:  A  California  sketch,  embracing  the  Overland  Expedi- 
tion of  the  Gregg  Party  in  1849,  the  suffering  and  terrible  priva- 
tions endured  and  the  death  by  starvation  of  Dr.  Josiah  Gregg; 
The  Redding  Expedition  and  Events  of  the  Klamath  War,  the  War 
with  the  Win-Toons,  The  Two  Years  War,  etc.    8vo,  pp.  505. 

San  Francisco,  1885 

A  very  rare  work  although  printed  but  30  years  ago. 


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20a.  BORTHWICK  (J.  D.).  Three  Years  in  California. 
Illustrated  hy  the  Author.    8vo,  cloth,  uncut.  London,  1857 

Gives  a  very  interesting  account   of  the  Mines  in  1851. 

21.  BRACE  (C).  The  New  West:  California  in  1867-1868. 
8vo,  373  pp.  New  York,  1869 

Chapters!  on  the  Digger  Indians,  mines,   Chinese,  professional  robbers, 
etc. 

22.  BRACKETT  (ALBERT  G.).  History  of  the  United  States 
Cavalry,  from  the  Formation  of  the  Federal  Government  to  the 
First  of  June,  1863.    8vo,  337  pp.  New  York,  1865 

Describes  in  detail  the  overland  march  to  California,  the  Oregon  Diffi- 
culties;  Indian  Wars,  etc. 

23.  BROADSIDE.  Rare  Broadside  View:  The  California  In- 
dians. A  Series  of  8  Views  of  the  Indians,  with  text  describing 
the  views,  manners  and  customs,  &c.,  &c.  4to.  Broadside,  printed 
on  blue  ruled  note-paper.  Placerville,  1854 

Apparently  this  is  the  first  copy  of  this  interesting  item  to  appear  in 
the  Auction  room. 

i^  ^  24.  BROADSIDE.  The  Dying  Californian  !  composed  on  the 
Death  of  Herbert  Owen  of  Brunswick,  Me.,  who  died  on  the  way 
to  California.    Narrow  Folio,  8  stanzas.  Portsmouth,  1849 

THE    EXCEEDINGLY    RARE    LITHOGRAPH    BROADSIDE    ON 
THE    DISCOVERY    OF    GOLD    IN    CALIFORNIA 

)^^Z^  25.  BROADSIDE  VIEW.  Captain  Sutter 's  Account  of  the 
Discovery  of  Gold.  4to  Broadside,  with  Portrait  of  Marshall 
'^ Taken  from  Nature,"  View  of  Sutter's  Mill,  or  place  where  the 
first  GOLD  has  been  Discovered,  and  text,  the  latter  being  the  Gen- 
eral's own  relation  of  the  Discovery,  and  events  of  that  crowded 
week,  which  was  so  shortly  to  shake  the  world. 

San  Francisco,  Lithographed  by  Britton  and  Rey,  1854 
Exceedingly  Rare.     No  copy  of  this  Broadside  appears  to  have  been 
sold  at  Auction. 


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26.  BROADSIDE  VIEW.  California  Gold :  An  Accurate  Draw- 
ing of  the  Famous  Hill  of  Gold,  which  has  been  put  into  a  scow  by 
the  owner,  and  attached  to  a  Sperm  Whale,  who  is  now  engaged 
in  towing  it  around  the  Horn,  for  New  York.  Folio,  Lithograph. 
(Small  piece  out  of  one  edge.)  New  York,  n.  d.  [c.  1850] 

27.  BRODIE  (W.).  Pitcairn's  Island  in  1850:  Together  with 
the  Journal  of  a  Trip  to  California,  and  observations  upon  the 
People,  Climate,  Prices,  etc.    Portrait.    8vo,  260  pp.    London,  1851 

The  author  arrived  at  the  "Sink  of  Iniquity"  (San  Francisco)  in  1850. 
He  experienced  great  hardships,  and  in  consequence  his  book  is  somewhat 
less  highly  colored  than  is  the  ease  with  most  of  the  early  narratives. 


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28.  BROOKS  (J.  T.).  ^  Four  Months  among  the  Gold-finders  in 
California;  Being  the  Diary  of  an  Expedition  to  the  Gold  Dis- 
tricts.    12mo.  London,  1849 

A  rare  and  very  striking  pamphlet  published  as  '  *  the  result  of  actual 
experience. ' '  The  diary  is  in  day  by  day  form,  and  has  been  utilized  by 
all  careful  students  of  the  period  to  which  it  relates. 

29.  BROUILLET  (J.  B.  A.).  Dix  Ans  sur  la  Cote  de  Pacifique. 
Par  nn  Missionaire  Canadien.  12mo,  100  pp.,  original  wrappers. 
Very  Scarce.  Quebec,  1873 

Journal  of  the  Trip  to  California  and  Oregon  with  Father  Blanchet. 
Life  on  the  Northwest  Coast — Vancouver  Island — British  Columbia — 
Idaho — Missions'  among  the  Indians,  manners  and  customs,  etc.,  and 
finally  the  journal  of  the  trip  across  the  American  Continent  from  Oregon 
to  Quebec.     An  important  source  book. 

30.  BROWN  (J.).  Twenty-Five  Years  in  the  Wild  West :  Being 
the  Experiences  of  Ralph  Riley.    Portrait.    12mo,  215  pp. 

Fall  River,  Privately  Printed  for  the  Author,  1896 
Reminiscences   of   the   Early   Days   in    California,   Mining,    etc.;    Stage 
Eobbing,  Ranch  and  cowboy  life,  etc. 


J    ^t^      31.  BROMLEY  (G.).    The  Long  Ago  and  the  later  on:  RecoUec- 
^'  tions  of  the  Journey  to  California  in  1850;  Gold  Mining  Adven- 

tures; the  Pony  Express,   Trip  to  Sonora,   etc.     Portrait.     8vo, 
289  pp.  San  Francisco,  1904 

-.''^     32.  BRYANT    (E.,  Late  Alcalde   of  St.   Francisco).     What  I 

^  saw  in  California:  A  Description  of  its  Soil,  Climate,  Productions 

and  Gold  Mines.     12mo,  137  pp.,  original  tinted  wrappers. 

Very   uncommon   in   Wrappers.  London,  1849 

^^    33.  BUCKLEY  (J.).    Two  Weeks  in  the  Yosemite  and  Vicinity. 
K         Plates.     12mo,  36  pp.,  original  wrappers.  New  York,  1883 

34.  BUFFUM  (E.).     Six  Months  in  the  Gold  Mines:  With  an 

{  ^     account  of  the  Mining  Camps,  Old  and  New  Towns,  etc.,  etc.   12mo, 

244  pp.  London,  1850 

/    ^       35.  BUNNELL  (L.).    Discovery  of  The  Yosemite  and  The  In- 

^         dian  War  of  1851,  which  led  to  that  event.    Map  and  plates.    8vo, 

pp.  331.  Chicago,  1880 

The  author  a  Pioneer  and  member  of  the  Celebrated  ' '  Mariposa  Battal- 
ion ' '  was  one  oi  the  first  to  view  the  Yosemite  Valley,  his  Narrative  of  the 
Expedition   and   Campaign    against   the   Indians'   and    hunting   adventures 
^        is  of  thrilling  interest. 

i/-    ^^36.  BURTON  (RICHARD  F.).    The  City  of  Saints,  and  Across 
the  Rockv  Mountains  to  California.    8vo,  574  pp.,  original  cloth. 

New  York,  1862 

An  unusually  choice  copy,  being  in  ''as'  new"  condition. 

i^      37.  BUSHNELL    (H.).      Society    and   Religion   in    California. 
^        8vo,  in  the  original  wrappers.  Hartford,  1856 


. —    38.  CALIFORNIA :  Nulidad  del  Contrato  Leese.    4to,  wrappers. 

Mexico,  1871 
An  important  document  on  the  Leese  Colonization  Scheme,  containing 
an  18-page,  closely  printed  ''List  of  the  Settlers,  with  their  names,  oc- 
cupation, time  of  arrival  in  the  Country,  etc." 

^  ^  39.  CALIFORNIA  RAFFLE  ! !  Mammouth  Ingot  of  Gold  Raf- 
fle !  To  be  decided  at  the  Chinese  Sales  Room,  on  July  5th,  1853. 
2400  prizes.    Value  $65,000.  San  Francisco,  1853 

Original  ticket  No,  58847.     An  interesting  souvenir  of  the  day. 

r^  ^  40.  CALIFORNIA.  The  Wildcat  Speculation !  4to.  A  Series 
of  16  full  page  Lithograph  Views  of  Scenes  in  California  during 
the  Great  Mining  Boom  of  '78.  San  Francisco,  1878 

Extremely  Rare.  A  series  of  satirical  Views  illustrating  the  Mining 
Stock  Speculation  Craze;  somewhat  after  the  manner  of  the  famous 
'*Het  groot  Taferel,"  which  so  ably  exposed  Law  and  his  ''Mississippi 
Bubble"   in   a   former   century. 


/ 


^  41.  CALIFORNIA  Three  Hundred  and  Fifty  Years  Ago. 
Manuelo  's  narrative.  Translated  from  the  Portuguese  by  a  Pioneer. 
8vo,  329  pp.  San  Francisco,  1888 


^'i- 


ROBERT  SOUTHEY'S  COPY   OF    CAMPBELL'S  SPANISH 
SETTLEMENTS 

42.  CAMPBELL  (J.).  An  Account  of  the  Spanish  Settlements 
in  America,  their  Settlements  in  Florida,  with  a  Description  of  St. 
Augustine,  the  Advantages  that  would  attend  the  Taking  of  it,  if 
Annexed  to  the  British  Dominions.  11.  New  Mexico,  its  Extent, 
Climate,  Soil  and  Products.  III.  Calif ornia  Described ^  its  Bounda- 
ries, Indians,  &c.,  with  a  View  of  the  British  Claim  to  it  and  an 
Account  of  the  West  Coast.  IV.  The  Spanish  Dominions  in  South 
America,  to  which  is  appended  a  Journal  of  the  Siege  and  Sur- 
render of  Havannah.  With  the  Bare  large  folding  Mav.  8vo, 
512  pp.  Edinburgh,  1762 

Eobert  Southey's  copy,  with  his  autograph.     An  Extremely  Important 
and  valuable  work, 

^    43.  CANFIELD   (T.  H.).     The  Life  of  Thomas  Hawley  Can- 
field  (with  a  full  history  of  his  Early  Efforts  to  open  a  Route  for 
the  transportation  of  the  products  of  the  West,  and  his  connection 
with  the  Early  History  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  with  an 
account  of  the  Origin  of  the  three  Pacific  Railroad  Expeditions,  the 
Surveys  and  Explorations  for  the  line  in  Montana  and  Washing- 
ton Territories,  his  trip  on  horseback  across  the  Mountains  from 
Walla  Walla  to  Bozeman,  the  Indian  Outbreak,  the  Organization 
of  the  Lake  Superior  and  Puget  Sound  Co.    Exploration  of  Puget 
Sound  and  Location  of  the  town  of  Tacoma,  &c.,  &c.     Portrait. 
4to,  48  pp.      Burlington,  Privately  Printed  for  the  Family,  1889 
Extremely  Eare.     Presentation  copy.     Besides  containing  the  author's 
presentation  inscription,  the  volume  is  further  enriched  by  4  long  manu- 
script letters  written,  1840-45. 

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^  /o    44.  CAPP  (C.)  AND  HITTELL  (J.).    All  About  California  and 
the  Inducements  to  Settle  there.     Maps.     8vo,  88  pp. 

San  Francisco,  1871 

j  ^  45.  CAREY  (Dr.  J.).  By  the  Golden  Gate;  With  Scenes  and 
Incidents.  (San  Francisco  and  the  Gold  Discovery,  the  days  of 
'49;   Gambling,   etc.).     12mo,   291   pp. 

Albany,  Privately  Printed,  1902 

X-/  -^    46.  CARSTARPHEN  (J.  E.).     My  Trip  to  California  in   '49. 
Svo,  in  the  original  wrappers.     Scarce.     Portrait. 

Louisiana,  Mo.,  n.  d. 

y^    *--    47.  GARY  (T.  G.).     The  Gold  of  California.     A  Lecture,  with 
'  Rem.iniscences  of  the  Place.     8vo,  original  wrappers. 

New  York,  1856 

EXTREMELY    RARE    ORIGINAL    EDITION    OF    CORONODO'S 
WESTERN  EXPEDITION,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE  FIRST 

TRANSLATION  INTO  ENGLISH  OF  THE  SAME 

THE  AUTHOR'S  OWN  COPY,  WITH  HIS  PRESENTATION 

INSCRIPTION 

j^  j"^     48.  CASTANEDA    (P.  DE).     Relation  de  Voyage  de   Cibola, 
entrepris  en  1540;  ou  Ton  traite  de  toutes  les  Peuplades  qui  habi- 
tent  cette  Contree,  de  leurs  Moeurs  et  Coutumes,  par  Pedro  de  Cas- 
taneda  de  Nagera.     8vo,  pp.  392,  original  wrappers.  Entirely  Un- 
cut.    Paris,  1838.     (Bound  in  wdth  same  is)  :  A  Translation  into 
English  of  Coronodo's  Expedition,  as  made  by  E.  F.  Ware,  and 
printed  in  parts   (all  of  which  are  here)  by  the  Agora  Magazine 
during   1895-96.     The   whole   bound   in   one   thick   volume,    with 
Presentation  inscription  from  E.  F.  Ware,  the  translator  to  ^'my 
friend"  Wm.  E.  Connellej^  with  the  latter 's  book-plate.  Paris,  1838 
A   Unique    item.     Ware   says :  ' '  The    story   of    Coronodo  's    march   was 
written  in  Mexico,  by  Pedro  de  Castaneda  de  Nagera,  and  he  finished  by 
copying  it  in  Seville,  Spain,   Oct.  26,  1596.     It  was  not  published,  but 
remained   in   the   Manuscript    until    translated   into    French    by    Ternaux- 
Cornpang  (which  is  the  above),  who  says  that  the  manuscript  war-;  owned 
by  the  Duke  d'Uguina,  was  a  quarto,  bound  in  parchment  .  .  .  No  Eng- 
lish translation  has  ever  been  printed,  and  is  here  published  for  the  First 
Time  in  the  English  Language." 

/  .  49.  CHARD  (T.  S.).  California  Sketches;  With  notes  on  San 
Francisco,  Monterey,  San  Jose,  Los  Angeles  and  the  Yosemite. 
12mo,  original  boards.  Chicago :  Privately  Printed,  1888 

^Z^  50.  CHINESE  QUESTION.  An  Extremely  Important  Collec- 
tion of  Pamphlets  on  the  Subject.  I.  Brooks  (B)  Statement  be- 
fore the  Joint  Comm.  of  the  Houses  of  Congress  on  Chinese  Immi- 
gration. 8vo,  pp.  33.  S.  F.  1876.  II.  Brooks  (D)  Appendix  to 
the  Statement,  Consisting  of  Documentary  Evidence  bearing  on 
the  Question,  giving  a  list  of  white  outrages  on  the  Chinese  from 
1855  to  1876,  a  report  of  those  Robbed  and  Murdered,  with  Re- 
marks on  Gov.  Bigler's  Message  of  1855,  an  Account  of  the 
Chinese    Companies,   &c.     8vo,   pp.   160.     S.   F.   1877.     HI.  The 

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Other  Side  of  the  Chinese  Question  in  California:  Or  a  Reply  to 
the  Charges  against  the  Chinese.  Respectfully  submitted  to  the 
Unbiased  Judgment  of  the  American  people,  by  the  Friends  of 
Right,  Justice  and  Humanity.  8vo,  pp.  24.  S.  F.  1876.  IV.  Let- 
ters of  Kwang  Chang  Ling:  or  the  Chinese  Side  of  the  Chinese 
Question,  by  a  Chinese  Literate  of  the  First  Class.  Being  a  Perti- 
nent Inquiry  from  Mandarin  High  in  Authority.  8vo.  S.  F.  1878. 
Y.  Memorial  of  the  Six  Chinese  Companies:  Read  and  Judge  Us! 
8vo,  pp.  53.    S.  F.  1877.    The  Collection. 

Very  Bare  tracts.     The  entire  lot  present  the  Chinese  side  of  the  Argu- 
ment, and  in  consequence  met  with  rigorous  suppression  and  uestru<^tion. 

^  51.  CHINESE  QUESTION.  Report  of  the  Select  Committee 
with  Reference  to  Foreign  Miners  and  Against  the  Admission  of 
Chinese  into  the  Mines  of  California.    8vo,  sewn.    Sacramento,  1855 

j'^  52.  CHINESE  QUESTION.  Chinatown  Declared  a  Nuisance!! 
An  Expose  of  the  Present  Condition  of  Chinatown,  its  Houses 
of  111  Fame,  Courtesans,  Filth,  Cruelty,  Crime,  Dreadful  Diseases, 
etc.    With  an  Itemized  Report  of  Nuisances.    8vo,  sewn. 

San  Francisco,  1880 

>  ^  52a.  CHINESE  QUESTION.  The  Heathen  Chinee  at  Home 
and  Abroad,  Who  he  is,  what  he  looks  like,  how  he  works  and  lives, 
his  virtues,  vices  and  crimes,  by  an  old  Californian.  8vo,  pp.  83, 
original  pictorial  wrapper.  New  York  [1882] 

{  ^JJ-       53.  CHINESE  QUESTION.    Healy  (P.  J.)  and  Nj  Poon  Chew 

)  ( — ).     A   Statement   for   Non-Exclusion:   Information   about   the 

Chinese  in  California,  etc.,  of  undoubted  authenticity,  such  as  few 

people  believe  exists.     8vo,  pp.  255.  San  Francisco,  1905 

\sn       54.  CHINESE  QUESTION.    Hoffman  (Judge).    The  Rights  of 
J    '^  the  Chinese.    8vo,  40  pp,  original  wrappers.      San  Francisco,  1880 
A  vigorous  defense  of  Chinese  Eights  in  California. 

^  V^      55.  CHINESE  QUESTION.     The  Chinese  in  California.     An 
J      ^^Account  of  Chinese  Life  in  San  Francisco,  their  Habits,  Morals  and 
Manners.     Plates.     8vo,  122  pp.,  original  wrappers. 

San  Francisco,  1880 

lA    ^     55a.  CHURCHILL  (CAROLINE  M.).    Over  the  Purple  Hills: 

or.  Sketches  of  Travel  in  California  of  important  points  usually 

visited  by  tourists.     18mo,  cloth.  Chicago,  1877 

S   <^    56.  CLARK  (G.).    History  of  the  Indians  of  the  Yosemite  Val- 

i^        ley.  With  an  Account  of  their  Manners,  Customs,  Traditions,  Etc. 

12mo,  pp.  112.     Portrait  and  Plates.  Yosemite,  1910 

^  ^  57.  CLARKE  (M.).  Address  of  Mr.  Clarke  on  the  California 
Claims.    8vo,  sewn.  Washington,  1848 

^  y^  58.  CLARK  (S.).     A  Trip  Across  the  Plains  to  Santa  Fe  and 

^        California;    AVith    Chapters   on   the   Route,    Towns,    People,    etc. 

12mo,  193  pp.  ^  Boston,  1890 

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RARE  ORIGINAL  EDITION   OF  CLEVELAND'S  VOYAGES  TO 
CALIFORNIA,    1799-1803 

^   ^m      59.  CLEVELAND  (R.  J.).    A  Narrative  of  Voyages  and  Com- 
mercial  Enterprises.    2  vols.,  12mo,  489  pp.  Cambridge,  1842 

First  Edition.  The  author  reached  the  Northwest  Coast  in  1799,  and 
had  numerons  adventures  on  the  coast  and  among  the  natives.  Thence  he 
made  his  way  to  California,  describing  the  country,  battle  of  San  Diego, 
the  Indians',  Padres,  discoveries  on  the  coast,  etc.  An  imiDortant  source 
book. 


/ 


^      60    CLIFFORD  (J.).     Overland  Trails.    12mo,  383  pp. 

San  Francisco.  1877 


AV>I/U11<* 


)«' 


to  secure  payment  for  the  unpaid  bills  of  exchange  issued  by  Fremont 
during  the  conquest  and  Buchanan's  defense  of  his  action  and  recital  of 
his  operations  and  conquest  of  California. 

%C '^  63.  CONQUEST.     Child  (D.).    The  Late  Outrage  in  California 
and  the  Texan  Revolution.     8vo,  84  pp.     Uncut. 

Northampton,  1843 

An  expose  of  Com.  Jones'  premature  conquest  of  California,  the  perfidy 
of  the  President  and  the  lawless  proceedings  of  the  U.  S.  In  this  pamphlet 
it  is  shown  that  some  of  the  documents  in  the  following  item  were  pur- 
posely * '  doctored ' '  for  home  consumption,  and  that  the  Government,  while 
outwardly  having  nothing  to  do  with  the  conquest,  was  in  reality  most 
actively  interested  in  its  prosecution. 

64.  CONQUEST.  Tyler  (President  J.).  Taking  Possession  of 
Monterev:  Message  of  the  President  transmitting  all  the  Papers 
and  Documents  Relative  to  the  taking  possession  of  Monterey,  by 
Com.  Thomas  Catesby  Jones.    8vo,  117  pp.  Washington,  1843 

Very  rare  and  a  most  important  historical  document.  Contains  the 
complete  history  as  presented  by  the  American  Government  of  the  first 
American  conquest  of  California.  For  reasons  at  once  apparent,  the 
volume  promptly  disappeared  from  view,  and  is  now  exceedingly  scarce. 
For  an  answer  to  the  Government's  case  as  here  presented  see  preceding 
lot. 

iM^^  65.  CONQUEST.  California  Claims:  Report  of  the  Committee 
on  Military  Affairs  to  which  was  Referred  the  Memorial  of  J.  C. 
Fremont,  praying  an  investigation,  together  with  the  Testimony. 
8vo,  83  pp.  Washington,  1848 

This   important   document   contains   the   inside   history    (found   in   the 

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Government  archives  at  Los  Angeles  by  Fremont)  of  Great  Britain's 
attempt  to  s'eeure  California,  and  the  true  causes  of  the  Bear  Flag  Revolu- 
tion, It  is  here  shown  that  Mexico  was  on  the  point  of  transferring  the 
vast  territory  to  England,  when  the  Americans  rose  and  started  the  war. 

66.  CONQUEST.  Lawton  (J.).  History  of  the  50th  Anni- 
versary of  the  TAKING  POSSESSION  OF  CALIFORNIA,  and  Raising  of 
the  American  Flag  at  Monterey  in  1846.    Plates.    8vo,  55  pp. 

Oakland,  1896 

67.  CONSTITUTION.  Report  of  the  Select  Committee  of 
Thirteen  on  the  State  Constitution  and  Recommending  that  Certain 
^1  .  1- ,  rQjjjje  Thp^^in      iivr^   «.:»^vn  Sacramento,  1853 


PHf^ 


70.  CRAM  (G.).  A  New  Township  and  Railroad  Map  of  Cali- 
fornia and  Nevada.  Showing  the  Latest  Surveys,  &c.,  &c.  Large 
double  folio  Colored  map.    Folding  into  cloth  case.      Chicago,  1875 

^  71.  CREMONY  (MAJOR  J.  C).  Life  Among  the  Apaches, 
with  a  Journal  of  Two  Years'  Wanderings  and  Sufferings  on  the 
Overland  Trail  to  California,  1847-1849.    12mo,  pp.  322.^ 

San  Francisco,  1868 
The  author  was   Colonel  of  the   California  Volunteer   Battalion.     Few 
men  of  the  Period  knew  the  west  so  well. 

^"    72.  CRONISE  (T.).     The  Natural  Wealth  of  California,  Early 
History,  Geography,  Scenery,  etc.     8vo,  699  pp. 

San  Francisco,  1868 

73.  CUMMINS  (E.).  The  Story  of  the  Files:  A  Review  of 
California  Writers  and  Literature.    Plates.    8vo,  pp.  460. 

San  Francisco,  1893 

This  is  a  history  of  the  beginnings  and  development  of  the  various 
Western  Periodicals,  the  Early  Press,  etc.  With  intimate  particulars  of 
the  old  time  writers. 

■^  74.  CUTTS  (J.  M.).  The  Conquest  of  California  and  New 
Mexico,  by  the  Forces  of  the  United  States  in  the  years  1846  and 
1847 :  With  a  complete  history  of  the  March  Overland  from  Fort 
Leavenworth  to  California.  Incidents  of  the  Desert  and  Warfare 
amidst  the  Indians  and  Mexicans.  Illustrated  with  portraits,  plans 
of  battle,  etc.    12mo,  pp.  264.  Philadelphia,  1847 

The  Rake  Original  Edition.  One  of  the  sources  for  the  history  of 
the  California  Conquest,  by  the  ' '  Army  of  the  West. ' ' 

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-^  74a.  DAVIS  (WILLIAM  H.).  Sixty  Years  in  California.  A 
History  of  Events  and  Life  .  .  .  under  the  Mexican  Regime  .  .  . 
and  after  the  admission  of  the  State  into  the  Union.    8vo,  cloth. 

San  Francisco,  1889 

The  author  came  to  California  in  1831,  His  narrative  from  1840-50 
is  the  most  intimate  and  complete  we  pos'sess. 

^  -^—  75.  DAWSON  (C).  Pioneer  Tales  of  the  Oregon  Trail.  Por- 
trait and  map.  8vo,  pp.  488.  Topeka,  1912 
The  author  was  personally  acquainted  with  many  of  the  Old  Pioneers 
and  has'  here  gathered  together  their  reminiscences  of  the  Early  Overland. 
He  gives  the  Early  History  of  the  Oregon  Trail,  the  Gold  Rush,  Remi- 
niscences of  Frank  Helvey,  an  Old  Freighter,  his  Life  and  Experiences  on 
the  Frontier,  David  E.  Pease's  Diary  of  the  trip  from  Missouri  to  Oregon, 
etc. 

DECALVES'    EXPEDITION    TO    THE    PACIFIC,  1795 

Yo  ^     76.  DECALVES    (ALONZO).     New  Travels  to  the  Westward 
^  or  Unknown  parts  of  America;  Being  a  Tour  of  almost  fourteen 

months,  Containing  an  Account  of  the  Country,  upwards  of  two 
thousand  miles  west  of  the  Christian  Parts  of  North  America ;  with 
an  account  of  White  Indians,  their  Manners,  Habits,  and  many 
other  particulars.  By  Alonzo  Decalves,  Confirmed  by  three  other 
Persons.  12mo,  58  pp.  in  the  original  cedar  boards  and  leather 
back.  N.  p.,  1795 

Excessively  Rare.  Smith's  Check-list  cites  only  one  copy  on  the 
Coast,  it  being  an  imperfect  copy  of  the  undated  edition.  The  work  is 
an  account  of  an  Overland  Journey  from  New  Orleans'  to  the  Pacific  Coast 
in  1786-87. 

^i»  ^  11.  DELANO  (A.).  Old  Block's  Sketch  Book;  or  Tales  of  Cali- 
fornia Life.  Illustrated  with  13  (in  lieu  of  15)  full-page  ^'Elegant 
Designs  by  Nahl,  the  Cruikshank  of  California/'    8vo,  86  pp. 

Sacramento,  1856 
Extremely  Eare.     No  copy  has  appeared  in  the  Auction  room  in  many 
years.     An  interesting  collection  of  Pioneer  Reminiscences  of  life  at  the 
mines,  crossing  the  Plains,  etc. 

EXCEEDINGLY    RARE    ORIGINAL    EDITION 

0>^3  ^^'  I^^-WITT  (R.  M.).  The  Life  of  Joaquin  Murietta,  the 
Marauder  of  the  Mines.  Being  a  Faithful  Narrative  of  his  Ex- 
ploits, together  with  an  Account  of  Life  in  the  Gold  Diggings  in 
the  Early  Days  of  California,  1848-53.    8vo,  half  morocco,  pp.  160. 

New  York,  1865 

The  only  copy  of  the  Original  Edition  we  have  ever  seen.     In  1889 

it  was  re-issued  in  12mo,  and  this  reprint  occasionally  comes  on  the  market, 

but  of  the  original  we  are  unable  to  locate  the  sale  of  a  single  copy.     It 

is  one  of  the  really  rare  books  of  Californiana. 

J  ^       79.  DIETRICH  (DR.).    The  German  Emigrants;  or,  Frederich 

^  "Wohlgemuth 's   Voyage  to    California.     8   colored  plates.     12mo, 

original  boards.  Guben  [1852] 

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^f  -  „  80;  I^ISTURNAL  (J.)  Mapa  de  los  Estados  Unidos  de  Mejico 
California  Tejas  Nuevo  Mejieo,  &c.  Large  Double  Folio  Colored 
Map,  foWmg  into  12mo  Case.  "By  a  new  Treaty  the  Terr°tor?es 
of  New  Mexico  and  Upper  California  are  ceded  to  the  U.  S." 

xhis  IS  the  -Treaty  Map"  with  the  corrections  as  made  to  1850 

^  ^  81.  DITMiVN  (J.).  From  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  8vo  52 
pp.,  original  wrappers.  Philadelphia,  1886 

^  ^  18S?'^-?W  ^•^•^•^'  A^\f^^  ^"^^^^  i^  *^^  P^«ifi«  Ocean  in 
1831 :  With  Incidents  of  the  Voyage  and  Observations  on  Cali- 
iornia.     12mo,  m  the  original  tinted  wrappers.     Rare. 

Privately  Printed :  Salem,  no  copyright,  1882 
t     ^V  EXCEEDINGLY    RARE    ORIGINAL    EDITION 

>  ^  83^  DUNIWAY  (ABIGAIL  J.).  Captain  Gray's  Company; 
or  Crossing  the  Plains  and  Living  in  Oregon.  12mo,  342  pp 
original  cloth.  Portland:  Printed  by  S.  J.  McCormick,  1859 

M^h'nf  H*^^  ^^^^''■  ^'*^'^'^  production  written  and  printed  in  Oregon. 
t^hoLh  wp'  """"f  "\'^-  1^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^«"^^'  ^^d'  a«  Bancroft  says 
\\tll\^  question  this  being  now  regarded  as  a  defect),  shows  a  too 
hteral  observation  of  the  incidents  of  camp  life  in  crossing  the  Dlans 
However  his  may  be,  as  the  Pioneer  production  of  the  TfnSory  the 
work  must  ever  occupy  a  distinct  niche  among  the  foundation  UeSs  of 

^orf:tSef  .2fo7--     ''''  '"'^  '''"•  ^^P^  ''  ^^^^  -^^-^  *°  ^^  sold  rauc 
tion  retcnecl  $^9.00  m  our  rooms  some  years  ago. 

/  ^.  ^^'  ^^^^^  ^i-'.  ^^  *^"  Hudson's  Bay  Co.).     The  Oregon  Terri- 
f  tory,  and  the  British  North  American  Fur  Trade.     With  an  Ac- 

^V^  oQ^*^'^  ^f".*!  """^^  Customs  of  the  Principal  Native  Tribes. 

12mo,  236  pp    half  calf.  Philadelphia,  1845 

country       ^  ^''  ^'^^*  ^^^''  resident.     The  work  is  one  of  the  best  on  the 

^    ^Vov.J1S^«^^r^   ^^•^-     ^"^  ^^^^"^*  ^^  ^^  E^^l^  California 
Vo3age,  1848.    8vo,  sewn.  g^l^j^  ^374 

Capt.  Eagleston  brought  the  first  gold  from  California,  to  iSalem. 

^^^^Tvtf^Vr^^^^^-     C^^.^^(J•).     Cockneys  in   California. 
A  Piece  of  Golden  Opportunity."    In  One  Act.     12mo,  original 
wrappers.  ^^^  y'   ,    \^^ 

^  An  uncommon  Drama  of  the  Gold  Digging  Era.  ' 

'^'y^L'^tf^\'^?^^t:^'t''J^-^-  The  Seven  Bullets.  In 
Thiee  Acts,  Performed  for  the  First  Time  in  California  at  the 
Metropolitan  Theatre.    12mo,  pp.  22.  San  Francisco,  1854 

One  of  the  Earliest  locally  printed  Dramatic  items.     Very  Bare. 

^  88-  EDWARDS  (F.  S.,  A  Volunteer).  A  Campaign  in  New 
Mexico  with  Colonel  Doniphan,  with  a  Map  of  the  Route  and  a 
I  able  of  the  Distances  Traversed.    Folding  Map.    8vo,  pp.  134. 

„,i^  !v^ISif^°"''*,,°*  *''v  ^'f*  importance,  comprising  a  journal  of 'a  6000 
mile  expedition  through  unknown  and  hostile  regions. 

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/">^  89.  ELDRIDGE  (Z.).  The  Beginnings  of  San  Francisco,  from 
the  Expedition  of  Anza,  1774,  to  the  City  Charter,  1850.  Folding 
Maps  and  plates.    2  vols.  8vo,  837  pp.  San  Francisco,  1912 

Written  largely  from  Original  documents;  the  result  of  years  of  re- 
search. 

J^  ^  90.  ENGELHARDT  (FR.  Z.).  The  Franciscans  in  California. 
Maps  and  Plates.  8vo,  517  pp.  Set  up  and  Printed  by  the  Indian 
Boys  at  the  Holy  Childhood  Indian  School,  Harbor  Springs,  1897. 

A  most  interesting  historical  work,  embodying  the  result  of  a  vast  re- 
search. It  criticises  nearly  all  statements  of  the  early  American  observers 
of  Spanish-California  life.  The  defens'e  of  Serra  and  other  pioneer  priests 
against  Bancroft,  is  striking. 

V"  ^  91.  FABIAN  (B.).  The  Agricultural  Lands  of  California:  A 
Guide  to  the  Emigrant  as  to  the  Productions,  Climate,  Soil,  etc.,  of 
every  County  in  the  State.    8vo,  pp.  52,  original  wrappers. 

San  Francisco,  1869 

I  ^       92.  FARNHAM  (E.  W.).     California  in-doors  and  out;  or  how 
we  mine,  farm  and  live  in  the  Golden  State.    12mo,  508  pp. 

New  York,  1856 

Should  not  be  confused  with  T.  J.  Farnham's  History.  Contains  380-458 
pp.,  an  original  narrative  of  the  Donner  Party,  *  ^  gathered  from  several 
individuals,  of  both  sexes  who  were  members  of  the  unfortunate  expedi- 
tion" and  458-508  pp  contain  ''the  Vigilance  Committee  of  1856  and  the 
Eevolution  now  in  Progress."     Eare. 

V  *^  93.  FARNHAM  (T.  J.).  Pictorial  Edition!!!  Life,  Adven- 
tures and  Travels  in  California.  With  an  Account  of  the  Con- 
quest of  California  and  a  History  of  the  Gold  Regions.  Plates. 
8vo,  514  pp.  New  York,  1852 


■7  ' . 


FIRST    COPY    TO    BE    SOLD    AT    AUCTION 

94.  FERNANDEZ  DE  SAN  SALVADOR  (D.  A.).    Historia  de 
Antiqua   California.     Los   Jesuitas   quitados   y   restituidos   al 
Mundo.    12mo,  224  pp,  handsomely  bound  in  three-quarter  polished 
calf,  gilt  top.  Mexico,  1816 

A  magnificient  copy  of  one  of  the  rarest  of  California  items. 


RARE    ORIGINAL    EDITION 

l^  ^...  95.  FIELD  (STEPHEN  J.).  Personal  Reminiscences  of  Early 
Days  in  California.  Printed  for  a  few  Friends.  Not  published. 
8vo,  248  pp.  N.  p.,  1880 

Extremely  Eare.  This  is  the  genuine  Original  Edition,  which  should 
not  be  confused  with  that  appearing  in  1883,  nor  again  with  the  **Life" 
appearing  with  Pomeroy's  additions.  One  of  the  most  important  of  all 
California  Narratives,  recording  the  author's  Trip  to  California  in  1849 
and  his  Life  and  Adventures  from  that  time  onward.  A  Source  book,  and 
one  of  the  most  difficult  to  obtain  of  all  Pioneer  Narratives.  See  next  lot 
for  reply. 

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96.  FIELD  (S.  J.).  The  Character  and  Career  of  Stephen  J. 
Field  as  it  is  known  in  California:  An  Expose  of  his  ''Personal 
Reminiscences  of  Early  Days  in  California,"  with  some  Actual  His- 
tory of  those  Early  Days.    8vo,  76  pp.,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

N.  p.,  1889 
Exceedingly  Eare.     An  ans'wer  to  Judge  Field's  memoirs. 

97.  FIELDS  (S.).  A  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Stephen  J.  Field, 
of  the  IT.  S.  Supreme  Court;  the  record  of  a  man  of  Pluck;  his 
Struggles  in  California ;  with  Scenes  in  the  California  Legislature. 
8vo,  36  pp.  New  York,  1880 

Very  Scarce.  Poorlv  printed  on  News-print  paper.  A  highly  interest- 
ing pamphlet  on  the  Early  Days  in  California. 

98.  FITZGERALD  (0.  P.).  California  Sketches:  Reminis- 
cences of  Early  California  Life.  Both  Series.  Portraii.  2  vols. 
12mo,  496  pp.  Nashville,  1879-82 

''These  sketches  are  all  from  real  life,  I  have  told  the  story  as  I  saw 
it,  there  is  no  fancy  sketch  among  the  chapters."  The  Second  volume  is 
especially  scarce.  The  reminiscences  include:  Sonora  in  '55;  Life  at 
the  Southern  Mines;  Grizzly  Hunting;  Old  Tuolumne;  A  Mendocino 
Murder;  Algerine  Camp  in  '51;  The  Digger  Indians;  Famous  Characters; 
etc. 

THE  FIRST  ORIGINAL  WORK  ON  CALIFORNIA  IN  ENGLISH 

_  ^  98a.  FORBES  (A.).  California :  A  History  of  Upper  and  Lower 
^  California,  from  their  First  Discovery  to  the  Present  Time ;  Com- 
prising an  Account  of  the  Climate,  Soil,  Natural  Productions,  Api- 
culture, Commerce,  etc.  A  full  view  of  the  Missionary  Establish- 
ments and  condition  of  the  free  and  domesticated  Indians.  With 
an  Appendix  relating  to  Steam  Navigation  on  the  Pacific.  Large 
Folding  Map  and  10  very  fine  fiill-page  Lithograph  plates  of  the 
Indians,  Scenery,  etc.    8vo,  original  cloth,  352  pp.      London,  1839 

' '  A  Rare  book.  Forbes 's  history  was  the  first  original  work  in  Enp-lish 
on  Calif ornia.  "—C.  H.  Shinn. 

^  ^  99.  FRANKLIN  (J.  B.).  A  Trip  to  Salt  Lake  City  in  1854;  by 
way  of  Council  Bluffs,  Fort  Laramie,  the  Sweetwater  and  South 
Pass.  With  an  Account  of  the  Author's  Residence  and  Observa- 
tions in  Great  Salt  Lake,  the  Secrets  and  Mysteries  of  the  ''Endow- 
ment'' Marriage  of  fathers  with  their  own  daughters,  brothers  with 
sisters ;  being  an  Exposure  of  Brigham  Young  and  his  Band.  To- 
gether with  the  Author's  change  of  view,  his  escape  and  flight  to 
California  with  a  price  upon  his  head !  8vo,  in  the  original  wrap- 
pers. Ipswich,  1864 

From  the  Beseret  News  (of  which  the  author  was  former  manager)  we 
copy  the  following  pertinent  paragraph,  from  the  pen  of  Brigham  Young, 
under  date  of  Jan.  29,  1857:  ''There  is  a  little  matter  of  business,  that 
we  want  to  lay  before  you,  in  regard  to  J.  B.  Franklin,  who  ' '  went ' '  to 
California  ....  it  will  be  the  duty  of  my  brethren  to  secure  this  man, 
if  possible  on  his  way  across  the  mountains,  so  that  his  lying  tongue  shall 
not  reach  the  saints  in  England. ' ' 

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^    ^     100.  FRAZIER   (R.).     Mosaic  Gleanings:  Recollections  of  life 
in   California.     8vo,   400   pp. 

Oakland,  Evening  Tribune  Pub.  Co.,  1880 

^0^  100a.  FREMONT  (JOHN  C).  Geographical  Memoir  upon 
Upper  California  in  Illustration  of  his  Map  of  Oregon  and  Cali- 
fornia.    8vo,  new  boards    (original  wrappers  bound  in). 

Washington,  1848 
Describing   Fremont's   Third   Expedition,    1845-46. 


^ 


101.  FREMONT.  Who  is  John  C.  Fremont?  By  One  who  has 
known  him  Socially,  Financially  and  Politically.  (Giving  an  ac- 
count of  the  Disreputable  transactions  regarding  the  Mariposa 
Grant;  Gwinn  Heap's  unrequited  support  of  his  family;  his 
Career  in  London,  &c.,  &c.).     8vo,   original  wrappers. 

New  York,  1855 
A  caustic  expose  of  Fremont 's  * '  doings ' '  in  California. 

EXTREMELY   RARE   ORIGINAL   EDITION    OF 
^^  FROST'S    CALIFORNIA 

102.  FROST  (J.).  History  of  the  State  of  California,  from  the 
Period  of  the  Conquest  by  Spain  to  her  Occupation  by  the  U.  S. 
Containing  an  Account  of  the  Discovery  of  the  Immense  Gold  Mines 
and  Places:  With  Thrilling  Accounts  of  Adventures  among  the 
Miners  and  Advice  to  Emigrants  on  the  Best  Routes,  and  the  prepa- 
rations necessary  to  get  there.  With  the  16  full  page  views  on 
tinted  paper,  including  views  of  the  Diggings,  San  Francisco,  Sacra- 
mento, San  Jose,  Monterey,  etc.  8vo,  508  pp.,  original  black,  gilt 
stamped  roan.  Auburn,  1850 

The  FIRST  EDITION,  a  much  sought  and  very  Eare  Bibliographical  prize. 

RAREST  AND  MOST  PRIZED  OF  ALL  THE  VOYAGES  TO 
CALIFORNIA    AND    THE    NORTHWEST    COAST 

-  103.  GALIANO  &  VALDEZ.  Relacion  del  Viage  hecto  por  las 
Goletas  Sutil  y  Mexicana  en  el  ano  de  1792  para  reconocer  el 
Estrecho  de  Fuco ;  con  una  introduccion  en  que  se  da  noticia  de  las 
Expediciones  execu  tadas  anteriormente  por  los  Espanoles  en  busca 
del  Pass  del  Noroeste  de  la  America  y  un  vocabulario  del  idioma 
de  los  Habitantes  de  Nutka,  De  Orden  del  Rey,  Madrid  en  le 
Impenta  Real  ano  do  1802.  Folding  table  of  the  Missions  in  Cali- 
fornia and  Atlas  of  Maps  and  Plates  entitled:  ''Atlas  para  Viage 
de  las  Goletas  Sutil  y  Mexicano  al  recononumiente  del  Estrecho  de 
Juan  de  Fuca  en  1792,  publicado  en  1802, ' '  the  plates  include  views 
along  the  coast,  the  Natives,  etc.  2  vols,  quarto  and  folio,  353  pp. 
(Small  blank  edge  of  title  repaired).  Madrid,  1802 

The  first  copy  to  be  sold  at  Auction  in  this  country,  the  only  copy  we 
trace  was  sold  some  10  years  ago  in  London,  for  $105.00,  at  which  time 
the  following  note  was  made :  ' '  We  do  not  remember  a  perfect  copy  of  the 
work  being  offered  for  sale  during  the  last  20  years,  neither  can  we  find 
the  record  of  the  sale  of  a  copy  during  the  same  period. ' '  This,  therefore, 
is  the  first  copy  to  come  on  the  market  in  upwards  of  30  years. 

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S  ,^-  104.  GARCES  (F.).  On  the  Trail  of  a  Spanish  Pioneer,  the 
Diary  and  Itinerary  of  Francisco  Garces  in  his  travels  through 
Sonora,  Arizona  and  California.  1775-76.  Translated  and  Edited 
with  critical  notes,  by  Elliott  Cones.  With  18  Folding  Maps, 
Views,  etc.    2  vols.  8vo,  920  pp.  New  York,  1900 

EXTREMELY   RARE   AND   CURIOUS   NARRATIVE   OF   EARLY 
SAN    FRANCISCO 

^  2^  ^^  105.  GARRETT  (— ) .  The  Mysteries  and  Miseries  of  San  Fran- 
cisco :  Showing  up  all  the  various  characters  and  notabilities  (both 
in  high  and  low  life)  that  have  figured  in  San  Francisco  since  its 
Settlement.  By  a  Californian.  8vo,  pp.  208,  half  polished  calf, 
gilt  top.  New  York,  1853 

Bare.  The  first  book  to  narrative  the  Career  (then  unfmishcd)  of  Joa- 
quin Murietta.  Aside  from  the  copy  listed  by  Cowan,  no  other  seems  to 
have  been  recorded,  and  while  written  somewhat  along  the  lines  of  ' '  Lon- 
don After  Dark,"  *'New  York  by  Gas-light/'  and  books  of  that  ilk,  the 
discriminating  collector,  appreciating  rare  Calif orni ana,  will  feel  a  keen 
pleasure  in  its  acquisition  and  ownership. 

j^  ^-     GIBBES'  DESCRIPTION  AND  MAP  OF  CALIFORNIA,   1851 

105a.  GIBBES  (J.  DRAYTON).  A  Description  of  California, 
with  an  Account  of  the  Gold  Regions,  Routes,  &c.,  &c.  With  a 
New  Map  of  the  Gold  Region,  and  that  part  of  California  lying 
North  of  34  degrees  north.  12mo,  in  the  original  cloth,  wiili  the 
Excessively  Bare  Large  Folding  Colored  Map,  "From  the  Author^ s 
Own  Surveys  and  Explorations.''  Stockton,  Cal.,  1851 

Eare.  The  map  is  a  beautiful  production  in  many  colors,  and  a  most 
remarkable  one  for  the  period.  In  his  preface  the  author  s'ays:  ''This 
Map  will  be  found  to  be  the  most  Complete  and  Reliable  of  California  yet 
Published  and  one  that  will  furnish  all  needed  information  for  the  Emi- 
grant, or  the  many  persons  in  all  parts  of  the  country  who  ha^^e  friends 
or  relatives  in  the  new  State. ' ' 

r^  ^  105b.  gift  (GEORGE  W.).  Facts  About  Napa  County,  Its 
Agricultural  Resources,  Vineyards  and  Population,  with  Something 
about  California  and  a  Descriptive  Sketch  of  the  Mountain  Regions. 
Folding  Map.    8vo,  64  pp,.  original  wrappers. 

Napa  City:  Reporter  Book  Press,  1876 

A  very  uncommon  ' '  local, ' '  crudely  printed,  2  columns  to  the  page. 

^  ,^  106.  GILLIAM  (A.).  Travels  over  the  Table  Lands  and  Cordil- 
leras, 1843-4.  With  an  account  of  California,  Texas  and  Oregon, 
the  principal  Cities  and  Mining  Districts,  etc.  Lithograph  plaies 
and  2  large  folding  maps  of  "Texas,''  "Oregon,  Tipper  and  Lower 
California,  with  part  of  British  America."  8vo,  455  pp.  Phila.  1846 
The  author  was  U.  S.  Consul  at  San  Francisco  and  the  book  is  an  ac- 
count of  his  adventures  crossing  the  country. 

)/ -     107.  GODDARD   (G.  H.).     Report  of  a  Reconnaisance  of  the 

Old  Carson  and  Johnson  Immigrant  Roads  over  the  Sierra  Nevada, 
and  a  Survey  of  the  Eastern  Boundary  of  California.  Journal  of 
the  Expedition;  table  of  Distances  and  Notes;  Lists  of  Flowers; 


Meteorological  and  Astronomical  observations,  etc.     8vo,  334  pp., 
stitched.  Sacramento,  1856 

An  early  and  important  Journal  of  explorations. 

I     ^     108.  GOLD  STORIES  of  '49.    By  a  Californian.    12mo,  52  pp. 

Boston,  1896 

>f  -^  109.  GOLDEN  HILL'S  NEWS  (The):  The  Chinese  Exodus!! 
4  pages,  4to.  Printed  in  English  and  Chinese.  Printed  by  F. 
Kuhl,  San  Francisco,  1854. 

A  Very  Bare  Broadside   on   Chinese  Emigration   and  Eights'  in   Cali- 
fornia. 


1^^ 


-    110.  GOODWIN   (C).     The  Comstock  Club:  A  Collection  of 

Reminiscences  of  Adventure  during  the  Early  Days  of  California, 

Oregon,  Nevada,  and  the  Far  West.    8vo,  314  pp.      Salt  Lake,  1891 

A  splendid  collection  of  Pioneer  materials  is'  here  hidden  by  a  rather 

ill-chosen  title. 

f^  ^00^  111.  GRAHAM  (M.).  Historical  Reminiscences  of  One  Hun- 
dred Years  Ago.  A  History  of  the  Mission  San  Francisco  de  Assis 
(Mission  Dolores),  with  a  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Concepcion  Argu- 
ello.    12mo,  original  cloth.  San  Francisco,  1876 

Presentation  copy  from  the  author,  written  with  scrupulous  regard  for 
truth  and  accuracy. 

^^^  112.  GREEN  (J.  S.).  Journal  of  a  Tour  on  the  Northwest 
Coast  of  America  in  the  Year  1829 :  Containing  a  Description  of 
California  and  the  Northwest  Coast,  Together  with  the  Manners 
and  Customs  of  the  Native  Tribes.  8vo,  105  pp.,  printed  through- 
out on  Japan  vellum  and  bound  in  three-quarter  crushed  levant 
morocco,  gilt  top.  New  York:  privately  printed,  1915 

Only  10  copies  of  this  valuable  and  almost  unknown  journal  were  printed 
on  vellum. 

DANIEL  WEBSTER'S  COPY   OF  GREENHOW'S  OREGON  AND 

CALIFORNIA 

// -^  113.  GREENHOW  (R.).  The  History  of  Oregon  and  Cali- 
fornia, and  the  other  Territories  on  the  Northwest  Coast,  accom- 
panied by  a  Geographical  View  and  Map,  and  a  number  of  Docu- 
ments.   Large  Folding  Map.    8vo,  492  pp.  Boston,  1845 

Copies  v/ith  the  fine  map  are  scarce.  The  present  is  a  particularly  in- 
teresting association  copy,  having  once  belonged  to  Daniel  Webster,  and 
contains  his  autographic  book-plate. 

EXPOSE  OF  THE  MISREPRESENTATIONS  OF  SOULE'S 

"ANNALS" 

f  ^  114.  GREY  (WILLIAM).  A  Picture  of  Pioneer  Times  in  Cali- 
fornia :  Including  the  Personal  Narrative  of  the  Author 's  Trip  to 
California  in  1849,  with  Reflections  on  the  Many  errors  of  Soule's 
"Annals,''  an  Account  of  the  Conquest,  the  Discovery  of  Gold,  the 
Vigilance  Committee,  &c.,  &c.    8vo,  pp.  677. 

San   Francisco:   Privately  Printed   for  the   Author,   1881 

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7t^         llD.  GUNN(D.)  .    A  Historical  Sketch  of  San  Diego,  California 
/  8vo,  sewn.  ^  p^  -^g.^ 

^    The  author  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  to  the  Old  Pioneer    Haves 

^  ^  lie^HABBERTON  (J.).  California  Life;  Illustrated  by  Pa- 
citie  Coast  Stories,  Thrilling,  Pathetic  and  Humorous.  Plates 
^'^^'  ^^-  PP-  New  York,  1880 

^  ^  ""n^-^-  ^fxr^  ^V-  ^^'^  ^^^^t  ^««t--  ^^i^ers  and  Emigrants' 
Guide  and  Hand-Book.  With  an  Account  of  the  Routes  across  the 
Plains,  and  a  Map  of  the  best  Routes  to  the  Gold  and  Silver  Mines 
Large  Folding  Map.    12mo,  181  pp.  New  York,  1865 

/•K  ^  118.  HALLECK  (H.).  A  Collection  of  the  Mining  Laws  of 
Spam  and  Mexico.    8vo,  649  pp.  San  Francisco,  1859 

^  119.  HALLEY  (W.).    History  of  Alameda  County:  Containing 

an  Account  of  the  Discovery  and  Settlement  of  California  A  De- 
scription of  the  Contra  Costa  under  Spanish,  Mexican  and' Ameri- 
can Rule,  etc.    Plates.    8vo,  574  pp.  Oakland,  1876 

An  important  work  containing  much  out-of-the-way  historical  material. 

^^^  120.  HALSEY  (F.  W.).  The  Pioneers  of  Unadilla:  Reminis- 
cences of  Life  m  California  from  1840  to  1850.  Folding  map  and 
plates.     12mo,  323  pp. 

Unadilla:   Privately   printed,   no   copyright,   1902 

^  An  extremely  interesting  Pioneer  narrative  by  a  49 'er.  describing  earlv 
aays  on  tne  Coast  and  in  the  Gold  Diggings,  perilous  triD  to  Sacra'reno"- 
Adventures'  on  the  American  Eivcr;  the  day  by  day  journal  kept  by  tl'.e 
author.  " 

^"^    ^r  ^^}'  HARI^NESS   (EDSON).     The  Disposition  of  the  Mineral 
Lands  of  California  and  Nevada.     8vo,  original  vrrappers. 

Washington :  McGill,  1865 

An  Appeal  by  the  Californians  for  adoption  of  suitable  Minino-  Laws   an 
early  survey  and  sale  of  the  Mineral  Lands.  ^  ' 

ORIGINAL  EDITION  OF  HARMON'S  JOURNAL  WITH  THE 
RARE  MAP  AND  PORTRAIT 
rO  --^122.  HARMON  (D.  W.).  Journal  of  Voyages  and  Travels  in 
the  Interiour  or  North  America,  between  the  47th  and  58th  de- 
grees of  North  Latitude,  extending  from  Montreal  nearly  to  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  a  distance  of  about  5,000  miles,  including  an  Ac- 
count of  the  Principal  Occurrances  during  a  Residence  of  nearlv 
Nineteen  years,  in  different  parts  of  the  Country.  To  which  are 
added,  A  Concise  Description  of  the  Face  of  the^  Country,  its  In- 
habitants, their  Manners,  Customs,  Laws,  Religions,  etc.,  and  con- 

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siderable  Specimens  of  the  two  languages  most  extensively  spoken : 
together  with  an  account  of  the  principal  animals  to  be  found  in 
the  forests  and  prairies  of  this  extensive  region.  Complete  with 
the  Rare  Large  Folding  Map  and  Engraved  Portrait  hy  Leney. 
8vo,  original  sheep,  pp.  432.  Andover,  1820 

Very  Scarce.  One  of  the  Important  Source  books  for  Rocky  Mountain 
and  Far  Western  History.  The  Journal  of  a  Fur  Trader  who  spent  19 
years  among  the  Indians.  The  Hubbard  copy  fetched  $45.00,  and  the 
few  copies  which  have  sold  subsequently  have  brought  increasingly  more. 

l(^  ^  123.  HARRIS  (J.  M.).  A  Paper  Upon  California,  its  Early 
History,  American  Conquest,  Geographical  Features,  Resources 
and  Future  Greatness.     8vo,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

Baltimore,  1849 

-i>  VERY    RARE    BROADSIDE   AND    MAP 

)y  "-^  124.  HAVEN  (JOHN).  Map  of  the  United  States,  including 
Oregon,  Texas  and  the  Californias,  showing  the  Boundary  Claimed 
by  the  U.  S.,  the  Boundary  Proposed  by  Great  Britain,  the  Boun- 
dary offered  as  a  Compromise,  the  route  of  the  contemplated 
GREAT  Oregon  railroad,  Route  of  the  Sante  Fe  Traders,  the  Army 
and  Naval  Force  of  the  U.  S.  and  of  Great  Britain ;  An  Account  of 
the  Battles  of  the  Texian  Revolution,  the  situation  of  the  American 
and  Mexican  Army;  a  Description  of  the  Gold  and  Silver  Mines; 
Description  of  Oregon,  and  the  great  Importance  of  a  Railroad, 
&c.,  &c.  Large  Double  Folio  Broadside,  the  upper  half  being  the 
map  and  the  lower  half  the  Text.     Printed  on  thick  paper. 

New  York,  1846 

One  of  the  curiosities  of  Early  Western  Cartography.  An  extremely 
important  item.  Haven  was  one  of  the  few  at  this'  early  day  who  saw  the 
urgent  need  of  an  overland  railroad. 


\Jh 


124a.  heap  (G.  H.).  Central  Route  to  the  Pacific,  from  the 
Valley  of  the  Mississippi  to  California :  Journal  of  E.  F.  Beale  and 
G.  H.  Heap  from  Missouri  to  California  in  1853.  8vo,  136  pp., 
wiih  the  13  full-page  colored  views,  and  large  Folding  Map  of  the 
Route.  Phila.  1854 

The  map  is  the  first  to  delineate  a  portion  of  the  country  traversed,  and 
the  narrative  records  the  first  explorations  made  through  a  large  portion 
of  the  territory. 

y  ^'^  125.  HELPHINGSTINE  (J.).  An  account  of  Coronado  Beach, 
San  Diego,  California ;  Its  Climate,  Hunting  &  Fishing,  etc.  Inter- 
esting Views.    8vo,  32  pp.,  original  wrappers.  Chicago,  1887 

OVERLAND  EXPEDITION  THROUGH  WYOMING,  IDAHO 

AND   MONTANA 

(y''^ —    126.  HEWITT  (RANDOLPH  H.).    Across  the  Plains  and  Over 

the  Divide :  Narrative  of  a  Mule  Train  Journey  from  East  to  West 

in  1862,  and  Incidents  connected  Therewith.     Large  Folding  Map 

and  numerous  Rare  Early  Views.    8vo,  pp.  521.      New  York,  n.  d. 

Rare.  One  of  the  most  interesting  of  Overland  Narratives;  the  arrange- 
ment keeps  each  day's'  journey  and  each  camp  separate,  so  that  one  fol- 

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lows  the  steady  progress  of  the  eventful  Expedition  from  the  day  of  be- 
ginning to  the  hour  of  its  close.  The  Journal  is  that  "of  one  who  as- 
signed to  a  new  and  distant  field,  of  necessity  chose  the  long  and  tedious 
mode  of  Overland  Travel  to  reach  his  post,  passing  for  the  most  part  over 
a  HiTHERETO  UNKNOWN  AND  DANGEROUS  ROUTE,  occupying  nearly  soveu 
months  time. ' ' 

Jj  ^  127.  HILL  (A.  F.).  Sketches  of  California  Life;  Across  the 
Plains  in  '49;  Tragedy  of  Bear  River;  Marietta's  Band;  Narrow 
Escape  of  a  Miner;   Pioneer  Justice,   Etc.     Plates.     8vo,   cloth. 

N.  p.   [c.  1860] 

A  Series  of  Narratives  from  an  unidentified  newspaper,  neatly  cut  out 
and   mounted   in   book   form. 

/f^  128.  HISTORY  of  the  Bay  of  San  Francisco.  Full-page  views, 
etc.    2  vols.  8vo,  full  morocco,  1388  pp.  Chicago,  1892 

History  of  Coast  Explorations  from  1522-1768.  Early  History  of  the 
State-Russian  Settlements,  1794-1841,  Mexican  Eule  1821-1836;  Bear  Flag 
Revolution  and  American  Occupation  together  with  the  history  of  San 
Francisco  and  Oakland  from  1776  to  1850.     Choice  set. 

^O^  129.  HOLBROOK  (S.).  Autobiography  of  S.  F.  Holbrook: 
Containing  Incidents  of  Voyages  and  Travels,  with  a  Journal  of 
Two  Years  Residence  and  Adventures  in  California,  1849-50; 
The  Vigilance  Committee ;  Murders  and  Robberies ;  tour  through  the 
Mines,  etc.,  etc.    Plates.    12mo,  504  pp.  Boston,  1857 

An  important  work  by  a  Forty-niner. 

>  *  "^ISO.  HOLDEN'S  DOLLAR  MAGAZINE.  Jan.  1849  to  Nov. 
1850  (lacking  4  numbers).  All  in  the  original  wrappers,  Uncut. 
With  Views  of  California,  the  Mines,  etc.,  etc.    New  York,  1849-50 

j^  •- 131.  HOLDER  (C.  F.).  Pasadena:  Its  Missions,  Trails  and 
Game.    Plates.    12mo,  141  pp.,  original  wrappers.      Boston,  1889 


/ 


^-^  132.  HOLT  (WARREN).  Map  (Colored)  of  the  States  of 
California  and  Nevada;  Carefully  Compiled  from  the  latest  Au- 
thentic Sources;  Comprising  Information  obtained  from  the  U.  S. 
Coast  and  Land  Surveys,  the  State  Geological  Surveys,  Railroad 
Survey's  and  the  results  of  Exploration  made  by  Lieut.  Williamson, 
Henrj'  De  Groot,  C.  D.  Gibbes,  and  others.  With  the  Surveyed 
Railroad  Land  Grants,  their  location,  &c.,  &c.  Folding  into  12mo 
ease.  San  Francisco,  1873 

One  of  the  most  important  of  California  Mapsi  printed  on  a  scale  to 
allow  the  incorporation  of  every  detail  of  the  Country  as  it  then  existed. 
The  map  is  brightly  colored  and  in  the  choicest  possible  condition. 


/"'- 


13".  HOPPE  (J.).    Calif ornien  Gegenwart  und  Zukunst.    Fold- 
ing Map.    8vo,  151  pp.  Berlin,  1849 

An  important  work  on  Early  Condition  and  Affairs. 

^2^  134.  HUMASON  (W.).  From  the  Atlantic  to  the  Golden  Gate, 
with  Two  Days  and  Nights  Among  the  Mormons.  8vo,  56  pp. 
original  wrapper.  Hartford,  1869 

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FIRST    BOOK    PRINTED    IN    CALIFORNIA    ON    HAWAII 

135.  HUNT   (T.  D.).     The  Past  and  Present  of  the  Sandwich 
Islands.     12mo,  189  pp.,  original  cloth.  San  Francisco,  1853 

Exceedingly  Eare.     Presentation  copy  from  the  author  to  his  brother, 
S.  B.  Hunt. 

^  136.  HUNTINGTON  (0.  B.).  An  Eventful  Narrative:  Journal 
of  a  Trip  to  Carson  Valley  in  1854;  being  the  First  Expedition 
made  by  Whites  along  this  Route,  with  a  Description  of  the  same, 
Incidents  of  the  plains,  Indian  Encounters,  etc.    12mo,  98  pp. 

Salt  Lake,  1887 

^^  137.  HUTCHINGS  (C).  Scenes  of  Wonder  and  Curiosity  in 
California.  Illustrated  with  92  ^^ well- finished  Engravings/'  8vo, 
236  pp.  San  Francisco,  1861 


h 


HUTCHINS'  CALIFORNIA  MAGAZINE— WITH  THE  VERY 
^^  RARE  FIRST  VOLUME  COMPLETE 

'"•^138.  HUTCHINS  (T.  R.).  The  California  Magazine.  Devoted 
to  California  and  California  Life,  portraying  its  Scenery  and  Curi- 
osities, its  Mineral  and  Agricultural  Resources  and  Commercial 
Advantages,  with  Original  Sketches  of  Life  at  the  Mines,  Crossing 
the  Plains,  The  Vigilance  Committee,  the  Indians,  etc.,  etc.  Vol.  1, 
No.  1,  to  Vol.  2,  No.  4,  Complete.  (16  vols,  bound  in  1,  a  few  leaves 
loose.)     With  many  Interesting  Early  Views. 

San  Francisco,  1856-57 
Extremely  Eare.  The  First  Volume  is  a  most  difficult  item  to  s'ecure, 
old  numbers  fetching  as  high  as  $10.00  at  Auction.  The  California  Maga- 
zine is  the  FIRST  Magazine  published  in  California,  succeeding  to  Ewer's 
''Pioneer,"  printed  the  year  previous,  and  is  of  extreme  importance  for 
the  Early  History  of  the  Far  West,  containing  a  number  of  Pioneer  Nar- 
ratives, relating  to  the  Country,  the  Mines,  Early  Towns,  etc.,  etc.,  which 
have  appeared  in  no  other  place,  or  been  republished  in  other  form. 


-oTTtiTTTrmd  "in  I8b3.     Plates.     8vo,  157  pp. 

Keokuk:  Privately  Printed,  1905 

One  of  the  few  Journals  of  the  Overland  kept  by  a  woman,  it  forms  a 
record  of  toils  and  hardships  truly  pathetic,  and  illy  understood.  In  the 
Sierras,  with  only  men  about  and  no  water  near,  this  poor  lady  became 
a  mother !  * '  With  no  one  near  to  help,  comfort  or  relieve,  God  only  knows' 
the  fear  and  agony  of  that  dreadful  time."  There  is,  of  course,  much 
Indian  material,  as  well  as  reminiscences  of  the  Early  days  and  life  in 
California. 

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ONE  OF  THE  EARLIEST  DELINEATIONS   OF  MONTANA, 
IDAHO    AND    WYOMING 

-^  ^  141.  JOHNSON  (A.  J.).  A  Map  of  Montana,  Wyoming,  Idaho 
and  Dakota  (Colored).  With  the  Routes  Overland  as  made  by 
Capt.  Sully,  1856;  Capt.  Simpson,  1859;  Capt.  Stansbury,  1850; 
G.  K.  Warren,  1855 ;  Gov.  Stevens,  1853 ;  S.  Medary,  1857 ;  Lieut. 
Donelson,  1853 ;  Lieut.  Mullan,  1853-4 ;  Lieut.  Mendell,  1855 ;  F.  W. 
Lander,  1853;  A.  W.  Tinkham,  1853;  Capt.  Reynolds,  1860;  Gen. 
Conner,  1865 ;  &c.  With  the  Emigrant  Routes,  the  Pony  Express 
and  U.  S.  Mail  Routes,  the  Proposed  Northern  Pacific  Railway 
Routes,  etc.,  etc.     Large  double  folio.  New  York,  1865 

A  Magnifieient  Map,  and  probably  the  first  ever  printed  of  the  four 
new  Territories,  after  their  division. 

>       ^     142.  JOHNSON  (S.).    An  Address  on  California.    8vo,  20  pp., 
^  stitched.  New  York,  1849 

A  Bare  Address  delivered  to  the  Argonauts  about  to  leave  for  the  newly 
discovered  *'E1  Dorado." 

f  ^  143.  JOYCE  (COL.  J.).  A  Checkered  Life:  Experiences  in 
California,  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory  with  Something  of 
the  Early  History  of  San  Francisco.    Portrait.    8vo,  pp.  318. 

Chicago,  1883 

""^  ^  143a.  JUDSON  (E.).  a  Description  of  Redlands:  Situated  in 
the  Finest  Part  of  the  Celebrated  San  Bernardino  Valley.  W\t]i 
Map  and  large  double  folio  very  fine  Lithograph  View  of  the 
Proposed  City.    8vo,  original  wrappers.  Rural  Press,  1882 

This  is  the  first  pamphlet  ever  printed  dealing  with  Kedlands,  now  a 
flourishing  City  and  one  of  the  famous  garden  spots  of  the  world. 

^-  144.  KADELBURG  (H.).  Funfzehn  Jahre  des  Deutschen 
Theaters  in  San  Francisco.  Ein  Ruckblick  nebst  Personal  und 
Repertoir  Verzeichniss.  With  numerous  Actual  Photographs. 
12mo,  original  cloth.    Rare.  San  Francisco,  1883 


EXTREMELY    RARE    CALIFORNIA    PLAY 
145.  KAVANAGH    (C.  V.).     The  Story  of  Inez.     A  Play  of 
California  and  the  Missions  in  1852.    Plates  of  the  Mission,  Early 
Views,  etc.    12mo,  77  pp.  San  Francisco,  1900 

A  long  autographic  presentation  inscription  on  title.  100  copies  pri- 
vately printed.  The  press  work  appears  to  be  that  of  an  amateur.  A 
crude  piece  of  bookmaking,  but  a  most  interesting  item  of  Early  C-^li- 
forniana. 


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(  --  146.  KELLY  (W.).  Across  the  Rocky  Mountains  to  California, 
with  an  account  of  the  country  and  life  at  the  Diggings.  2  vols. 
12mo,  pp.  480.  London,  1852' 

The  whole  of  the  first  volume  narrates  the  author's  journey  across  the 
Plains  to  California  in  1849,  the  second  recites  his  experiences  at  the 
miuGS. 

--  147.  KEMBLE  (B.  C).  California:  How  to  Go,  and  What  to 
Do  There.  (With  Sketches  of  the  Routes,  climate,  productions^ 
mineral  resources,  mines,  &c.,  &c.)  8vo,  sewn,  entirely  uncut  and 
unopened.    Very  rare.  New  York,  1855 

V-^  148.  KENDALL  (G.  W.).  Narrative  of  the  Texan  Sante  Fe 
Expedition,  Comprising  a  Tour  Through  Texas  and  an  Account  of 
the  Great  Southwestern  Prairies,  the  Comanche  and  Cayuga  Hunt- 
ing Grounds,  v/ith  an  Account  of  the  Sufferings  from  want  of  food, 
losses  from  Hostile  Indians  and  Final  Capture.  Large  Folding 
Map  and  Plates.    2  vols.  8vo,  811  pp.  New  York,  1844 

'^*-  149.  KIMBALL  (E.  M.).  San  Diego:  Descriptive,  Historical, 
Commercial  and  Agricultural.  With  other  Important  Information 
relative  to  the  City  and  County,  and  a  Business  Directory  of  the 
Cit}^  Illustrated  with  22  Photographic  Views.  8vo,  pp.  52, 
original  tinted  wrappers.  San  Diego,  Daily  Union  Press,  1874 

One  of  the  Earliest  items  on  San  Diego  and  the  First  Directory.     The 
22  Views  are  actual  photographs  of  the  city  as  it  was  40  years  ago,  and 
form  a  valuable  pictorial  record  of  the  early  days  of  the  City. 
^     .. 

^  ^  150.  KINGSBURY  (W.).  An  Interesting  Lecture  on  California. 
Crude  Views.     12mo,  original  wrappers.  N.  p.,  1883 

ONE  OF  THE  RAREST  ITEMS  RELATING  TO  THE  OLD 
,  OREGON  COUNTRY 

&  ---"151.  KIP  (LAWRENCE).  The  Indian  Council  in  the  Valley 
of  the  Walla  Walla,  1855.  By  Lawrence  Kip.  Printed,  not  pub- 
lished.   8vo,  in  the  original  printed  wrappers.    San  Francisco,  1855 

Presentation  copy  to  Lieut.  J,  C.  Ives,  ''With  respects  of  Lawrence 
Kip."  Only  25  copies  of  this  excessively  rare  ana  important  narra- 
tive ARE  said  to  have  BEEN  PRINTED,  Of  the  book  the  author  says  in  the 
preface — ' '  These  pages  arc  the  expansion  of  a  journal,  kept  while  with 
the  4th  Infantry,  at  the  Indian  Council.  A  Few  Copies  are  now  printed 
for  some  personal  friends.  While  it  may  shoiv  them  the  nature  of  Army 
Life  on  the  Frontier,  it  will  preserve  for  the  icriter  a  record  of  scenes  on 
the  Plains,  among  Indian  Tribes,  which  in  a  few  years,  will  cease  to  exist." 

The  book  is  one  of  the  acknowledged  Sources  for  the  History  of  Early 
Oregon. 

^  152.  KLOPFER    (EMIL).      California   and   Oregon:   Reminis- 

"^cences  and  Experiences.  12mo,  264  pp.,  original  wrappers.  Rare. 
Alameda :  Privately  Printed  by  the  Author,  1894 
California  in  the  Early  Days,  Discovery  of  Gold  at  Leeck  Kiver,  Van- 
couver Island,  Life  at  the  Mines  there,  Victoria,  Travels  in  Oregon,  Over- 
land to  California,  Dutch  Flat  Mining  Days,  the  Niearaguan  Expedition, 
.>oin  the  Mexican  Army,  Awful  Carnage  and  Deeds  under  the  Maximilian 
Regime,  etc.     A  most  interesting  and  out-of-the-way  personal  narrative. 


}  ^  153.  KNEELAND  (S.).  The  Wonders  of  the  Yosemite  Valley, 
and  of  California.  Journal  of  the  Trip  to  California;  Historical 
Sketch  of  the  Valley,  its  Indian  Tribes,  Springs,  Trees,  Falls,  etc. 
Svo,  71  pp.,  with  10  Actual  Photographic  Views,        Boston,  1871 

If  ^  154.  LAMSON  (J.).  Round  Cape  Horn:  Voyage  of  the  Ship 
James  W.  Paige,  from  Maine  to  California,  in  the  year  1852.  With 
Scenes  in  California ;  Sacramento  in  1853 ;  Cattle  Stealing  in  Con- 
tra Costa;  Rattle  Snakes  and  Natural  Curiosities;  the  Indians  and 
Iheir  Costumes,  etc.    12mo,  156  pp.  Bangor,  1878 

T-0  ^  155.  LAND  CLAIM.  A  Petition  to  Congress  Against  the  Ex- 
tension of  the  Yosemite  Grant  and  Praying  for  an  Investigation 
Into  the  Management  of  the  Present  Grant.  Important!  Please 
Read  ! !    8vo,  original  wrappers.  N.  p.,  1890 

' '  Behind  the  Scenes ' '  in  Yosemite  polities.  An  exposure  of  the  Gov- 
ernor and  other  State  officials,  urging  the  Government  to  repeal  the  grant 
and  take  back  the  country. 

>>1  ' —  156.  LAND  CLAIM.  Argument  of  Hon.  J.  P.  Benjamin  on  the 
Claim  of  Andres  Castillero  to  the  Mine  and  Lands  of  New  Alma- 
den.    8vo,  pp.  247,  original  wrappers. 

San  Francisco :  Commercial  Steam  Press,  1860 
A  most  important  Case.     The  greater  portion  of  Benjamin's  exhaustive 
argument  has  to  do  with  affairs  in  California  prior  to  the  American  Con- 
quest. 


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^^ 


EXTREMELY   RARE   AND   IMPORTANT   WORK    ON   LAND 
**_.  TITLES    IN    CALIFORNIA 


-^157.  LAND  CLAIM.  Jones  (William  C).  Land  Titles  in  Cali- 
fornia: Argument  before  the  Commission  on  Private  Land  Claims 
in  California,  in  the  Case  of  Cruz  Cervantes,  claiming  the  Rancho 
•  of  Rosa  Morada.    8vo,  55  pp.,  in  the  original  tinted  wrappers. 

San  Francisco,  1852 
Exceedingly  Rare.  One  of  the  most  important,  scholarly  and  per- 
tinent of  all  Land  Claim  Arguments.  The  author  made  a  profound  study 
of  the  subject,  and  his  treatise  on  * '  Land  Titles  in  California ' '  embraces 
the  history  of  affairs  in  that  Country  from  1828  onwards,  and  forms  the 
basis  of  much  of  the  subsequent  legislation  relating  thereto.  A  Founda- 
tion item. 

--  158.  LAND  CLAIM.  Depositions  in  the  Matter  of  the  New 
Almaden  Mine  in  Upper  California.    8vo,  41  pp.        Gideon,  1860 

159.  LAND  CLAIM.  Reply  to  J.  S.  Black,  Attorney  General  of 
the  IT.  S.  Relative  to  the  New  Almaden  Mine.  By  a  California 
Pioneer.    8vo,  23  pp.,  sewn.  New  York,  1860 

^  159a.  land  claim.    The  Memorial  of  Thos.  H.  Dowling,  and 
Accompanying  Papers,  in  regard  to  his  claim  to  the  Island  of  Yerba 
Buena,  in  the  Harbor  of  San  Francisco.    8vo,  in  the  original  wrap- 
pers. N.  p.,  n.  d. 
Extremely  Eaee.     Contains  a  History  of  the  title  and  Affairs  from 
1835  onward. 

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l^V  160.  LAND  CLAIM.  Shepard  (W.).  Statement  of  W.  W. 
Shepard,  Ex-Presideiit  of  the  New  Idria,  with  Depositions  sub- 
mitted to  the  Committee  on  Private  Land  Claims  in  the  Matter  of 
the  McGarrahan  Claim.     8vo,  24  pp.  N.  p.,  1868 


fO       161.  LAND  CLAIM.    Botts  (C).    Review  of  the  Report  of  the 

'     Judiciary   Committee   on  the   McGarrahan   Claim.     Svo,   29   pp., 

original  wrappers.  N,  p.,  1868 

f/7  ^\^2.  LAND  CLAIM.     Botts  (C).     Supplemental  Brief  on  the 
/     McGarrahan  Claim.    8vo,  18  pp.  N.  p.,  1868< 


163.  LAND  CLAIM.  One  Statement  of  the  Almaden  Case: 
A  Plea  for  the  Present  Possessors  of  the  Mine.  Plain  Propositions 
which  embody  the  gist  of  the  Controversy;  Undeniable  Historic 
Facts,  and  Incontestible  common-sense  Deductions.  8vo,  original 
wrappers.  San  Francisco,  1858 


h  ^  164.  LAND  CLAIM.  Opinion  of  His  Honor  Ogden  Hoffman  in 
the  Case  of  the  U.  S.  vs.  Castillero.  ''New  Almaden."  8vo,  158 
T)p.  San  Francisco,  1861 

Xl  ^165.  LAND  CLAIM.  Opinion  of  His  Honor  M.  Hall  McAllister 
in  the  Case  of  the  U.  S.  vs.  Castillero.  "New  Almaden."  8vo, 
72  pp.  San  Francisco,  1861 

f^/^166.  LAND  CLAIM.  Peachy  (Mr.).  Argument  of,  in  the 
Court  of  Northern  California  in  the  Case  of  U.  S.  vs.  Parrott  et  al. 
and  the  Claim  of  Castillero  for  the  New  Almaden  Mine.  Svo,  67 
pp.,  original  wrappers.  San  Francisco,  185^ 

?^  -^'167.  LAND  CLAIM.  Report  of  the  Argument  made  by  W.  J. 
Shaw  in  the  Case  of  Hart  vs.  Burnett,  Involving  the  Validity  of 
Peter  Smith  Titles  and  the  Question  of  Titles  in  the  Old  Mis- 
sions AND  Villages  of  California.  8vo,  pp.  167,  original  wrap- 
pers. San  Francisco,  1860 

The  '' Question  of  title"  as  here  so  exhaustively  and  learnedly  discussed 
forms'  one  of  the  most  pertinent  of  chapters  in  early  California  history. 
The  volume  belongs  in  that  class,  in  point  of  value  and  usefulness,  of  which 
Dwinnelle  's  '  *  Colonial  History ' '  is  perhaps  the  best  known  example.  The 
last  copy  to  be  sold  at  Auction  fetched  $51.00. 


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^168.  LAND  CLAIM.  Shaw  (C).  Argument  of  Chas.  P.  Shaw, 
before  the  IT.  S.  Committee  on  Private  Land  Claims,  in  Support  of 
the  Claim  of  William  McGarrahan,  for  the  Rancho  Panoche 
Grande.     8vo,  320  pp.    Rare.  McGill   Press,  1872 

An  extremely  important  historical  work,  containing  an  exhaustive 
examination  of  the  Early  History  of  California,  land  titles,  etc. 

^^169.  LAND  CLAIMS.  Wheeler  (Alfred).  Land  Titles  in  San 
Francisco,  and  the  Laws  affecting  the  same,  with  a  Synopsis  of  all 
Grants  and  Sales  of  Land  within  the  limits  claimed  by  the  City. 
No  Map.  Imp.  8vo,  129  pp.,  half  sheep.  San  Francisco,  1852 
An  extremely  rare  and  important  volume,  with  9  schedules  of  land 

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'grants,  beginning  with  those  made  during  the  administration  of  the  Mex- 
ican government  in  California,  The  Schedules  list  the  quantity  of  land 
granted,  date  of  grant,  names  of  the  grantors  and  grantees,  and  the  loca- 
tion^. 

170.  L ANGLE Y  (H.  G.).  The  San  Francisco  Directory,  Em- 
bracing a  General  Directory  of  Citizens,  a  Business  Directory,  etc., 
Containing  a  Variety  of  Valuable  Information  and  Exhibiting  at  a 
Glance  the  Progress  and  Present  Condition  of  the  City.  8vo,  414 
pp.,  in  the  original  boards.  San  Francisco,  1858 

Eare.     This  is  the  First  San  Francisco  Directory  printed  by  Lang- 
ley.     The  Business  directory  is  the  first  to  be  compiled  in  California. 

171.  LASLEY  (M.).  Across  America:  A  Curious  Narrative 
detailing  the  trip  Overland,  and  life  and  adventures  in  Oregon  and 
California.     12mo,  79  pp.  (miserably  printed  on  poor  paper). 

New  York,  1898 

' '  This  book  is  Facts,  not  fanciful  sketches ;  it  is  not  a  literary  produc- 
tion, but  Historical,  by  one  who  has  spent  over  25  years  in  the  Far  West. ' ' 
— Preface. 
_^  Eare. 

> 172.  LAVAYSSIERE     (M.).      Un    Missionaire    en    California. 

Plate.    12mo,  pp.  120.  Limoges,  n.  d.  [c.  1853] 

Rare. 

FIRST  BOOK   PRINTED   IN  THE   NEW  WORLD   DESCRIBING 
THE    NORTHWEST    COAST 

-^  173.  LEDYARD  (JOHN).  A  Journal  of  a  Voyage  to  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  and  in  quest  of  a  North-West  Passage  between  Asia 
and  America;  Performed  in  the  years  1776-1779;  Faithfully  Nar- 
rated, from  the  Original  manuscript  of  Mr.  John  Ledyard.  Folding 
Map  hi  photostat.    8vo,  208  pp.  Hartford,  1783 

Of  Excessive  Rarity.  For  many  years  the  leading  book  dealers  of 
both  this  country  and  Europe  had  a  carte  blanche  order  to  procure  a  copy 
of  this  work  for  the  President  of  the  Oregon  Historical  Society,  Mr.  F. 
V.  Holman,  of  Portland;  years  of  search  for  it  proved  entirely  unavailing, 
and  the  hope  of  ever  acquiring  the  work  was  given  up,  when  a  small  dealer 
in  the  East  discovered  the  copy  now  on  the  Coast,  which  is  regarded  as  the 
greatest  bibliographical  prize  in  the  whole  field  of  Western  America.  A 
long  account  of  the  book  and  its  discovery  was  printed  in  the  local  papers 
of  Portland.  Historically  the  knowledge  gained  by  Ledyard  during  this 
Voyage  on  the  Northwest  Coast  and  among  the  Indians  at  Nootka,  etc., 
showed  him  the  amazing  importance  of  the  Region  and  led  to  many  inter- 
views with  Jefferson  regarding  the  Country,  the  necessity  of  its  explora- 
tion, trade  with  the  Natives,  and  acquisition  to  the  U.  S.,  these  views  so 
impressed  Jefferson  that  he  fell  in  with  his  schemes,  and  but  for  his  un- 
timely  death,  would  have  prosecuted  the  discoveries  then,  made  some  twenty 
/  years  later  by  Lewis  and  Clark,  under  Jefferson's  auspices. 

/^  ^174.  STANFORD.     Leland  Stanford,  Jr.     In  Memoriam.     Por- 
irait.    8vo,  249  pp.,  original  white  cloth,  gold  edges. 

Privately  Printed  for  the  Family,  n.  p.,  n.  d. 
Contains  a  biographical  sketch  of  60  pages,  followed  by  letters  of  con- 
dolence, from  D.  O.  Mills,  Creed  Haymond,  E.  C.  Huntington,  Whitelaw 
Reid,  H.  Fisk,  M.  A.  Crocker,  E.  de  Rothschild,  S.  J.  Field,  etc.,  etc. 

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ORIGINAL  EDITION  OF  THE  RAREST  BOOK  KNOWN  TO 
CALIFORNIA    HISTORY 

^";^175.  LEONARD  (Z.).  Narrative  of  the  Adventures  of  Zenas 
Leonard,  a  Native  of  Clearfield  Count}-,  Pa.,  Who  spent  five  years 
in  Trapping  for  Furs,  Trading  with  the  Indians,  &c.,  &c.,  of  the 
Rock}^  Mountains:  Containing  the  Adventures  of  a  Company  of 
70  men  who  left  St.  Louis  in  the  spring  of  1831  on  an  Expedition  to 
the  Rocky  Mountains,  Comprising  a  Minute  Description  of  the 
Incidents  of  the  Adventure,  and  a  Valuable  History  of  this  Im- 
mense Territorj^ — not  from  Maps  and  Charts,  but  from  Personal 
observation.  Written  by  Zenas  Leonard,  one  of  the  Company. 
8vo,  4  pp.  and  87  pp.  (lower  part  of  one  inside  leaf  cut  off,  but 
missing  words  re-typed).  Clearfield,  1839 

Of  the  utmost  rarity.  The  Huntington  Sale  Catalogue  states  that 
there  is  "no  recorded  sale  of  a  single  copy."  Cowan,  the  only  biblio- 
grapher quoting  it,  says  that  not  more  than  five  copies  are  known  to  exist. 
The  Narrative  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  records  of  early  Western 
adventure  ever  experienced  by  a  single  bodv  of  men,  and  chronicles  the 
first  attainment  of  California  by  the  Southern  Route,  as  well  as  the 
Earliest  description  of  the  Yosemite,  the  giant  redwoods  of  Mariposa  and 
the  big  trees  of  the  California  territory,  it  being  the  First  Published 
account  of  both. 

^  *^176.  LEONARD  (Z.).  The  Same  Reprinted,  with  an  Introduc- 
tion by  W.  F.  Wagner.    8vo,  cloth.  Cleveland,  1904 

)   ^Cl77.  LEVY  (D.).    Les  Francois  en  Californie.    8vo,  373  pp. 
^"^  San  Francisco,  1884 

A  very  scarce  and  important  work  giving  a  minute  History  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Filibustering  Expedition  of  Count  Raousset-Boulbon  against 
Sonora;  the  Limantour  Affair;  Vigilance  Committee;  Gold  Discovery; 
Early  Affairs  in  California  and  Oregon. 

4  ^^178.  LIES  (EUGENE).  An  Oration  on  the  landed  Estates  & 
Early  land  affairs  of  the  Natives  &  Pioneers  of  California.  De- 
livered before  the  Pioneer  Society.     8vo,  27  pp. 

San  Francisco,  1863 

^  -^  179.  LITTLE  (J.  A.).  From  Kirtland  to  Salt  Lake  City:  Em- 
bracing Events  on  the  Overland  Trail  from  1846  to  1852.  With 
interesting  Early  Views.  8vo,  260  pp.  Printed  for  the  Author,  1890 

A  Pioneer  Overland  Narrative  of  the  first  importance.  Embracing  the 
events  of  the  Mormon  Pioneer  Organization — Ash  Hollow  and  its  reminis- 
cences— the  Black  Hills — Fort  Laramie — Arrival  of  Sam  Brennan — Ft. 
Bridger — The  Mormon  Battalion — 4000  miles  in  17  months — Capt.  Mer- 
rills' Expeditibn — Living  on  Donkey  brains  and  saddle  bags — The  Cali- 
fornia Kush — Margerts  Expedition  from  Salt  Lake  to  Kanesville — the 
history  of  Capt.  Foot's  Expedition,  etc. 

^  ^180.  LLOYD  (B.  E.).  Lights  and  Shades  in  San  Francisco. 
Restaurant  Life;  Barbary  Coast;  The  Elite;  Saloons;  Gambling; 
Chinatown ;  Blackmailing  and  Confidence  Games ;  The  Turf ;  Early 
Reminiscences,  Etc.,  Etc.  Plates.  8vo,  523  pp.     San  Francisco,  1876 

Scarce. 

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" —  181.  LOS  ANGELES.  LARGE  VIEW.  Glover  (E.  S.).  View 
of  Los  Angeles  from  the  East.  Brooklyn  Hights  in  the  Foreground, 
Pacific  Ocean  and  Santa  Monica  Mountains  in  the  Background. 
Large  Double  Folio  Lithograph  printed  on  heavy  paper,  with 
Key  to  the  principal  buildings.  San  Francisco,  1877 

A  Very  Early  Los  Angeles  View. 

^  182.  LOW  (A.  A.).  A  Memorial  Setting  forth  the  Urgent 
Necessity  for  Steam  Communication  between  San  Francisco  and 
China.    8vo,  sewn.  New  York,  1860 

---  182a.  McCLELLAN  (R.  GUY).  The  Golden  State:  A  History 
of  the  Region  West  of  the  Rocky  Mountains ;  embracing  California, 
Oregon,  .  .  .  and  Alaska,  from  the  earliest  Period  to  the  Present 
Time :  .  .  .  With  a  History  of  Mormonism  and  the  Mormons.  Map5 
and  Illustrations.     8vo,  cloth.  San  Francisco,    [1872] 

^        183.  MACDONALD   (D.  F.).     The  Moral  Law.     8vo,  152  pp. 
A  scarce  imprint.  Sacramento :  James  Anthony  Press  1858 


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184.  McFADDEN  (H.).  Rambles  in  the  Far  West:  Travels  in 
Arizona,  California,  Oregon,  Idaho  and  Wyoming.  Plates.  8vo, 
278  pp.  HoUidaysburg,  1906 

.^  185.  McREYNOLDS  (R.).  Thirty  Years  on  the  Frontier:  Per- 
sonal experiences  and  events  as  a  cowboy  miner  and  pioneer.  Por- 
trait and  plates.    12mo,  pp.  256.  Colo.  Springs,  1906 

An  extremely  interesting  narrative  of  the  Early  Days  in  the  Black  Hills 
Country,  Across  the  Desert  to  California,  New  Mexican  Campaign,  Indian 
Fighting,  Hunting,  etc. 

.^         186.  MAP  of   California,   Nevada,   Utah   and   Arizona.     Large 

double  folio   Colored  Map,  showing  the  Routes,  Location  of  the 

various  Indian  Tribes,  Posts,  Proposed  Railroad  lines.  Mines,  &c., 

&c.    Folding  into  12mo  cloth  case.  San  Francisco,  1864 

A  very  early  map  for  much  of  this  region. 

^  187.  MAP.  Rare  and  Early  Map.  L  'Amerique  Septentrionale 
divisee  en  ses  Principales  Parties,  Le  Canada,  Le  Mexique,  Nou- 
veau  Mexique,  Le  California,  Floride,  etc.,  etc.  Tiree  des  Rela- 
tions de  toutes  ces  Nations  Francois,  Castillans,  Anglois,  Suedois, 
Danois,  HoUandois.  Large  double  folio,  colored.  Printed  on  thick 
paper.  Amsterdam,  1662 

The  famous  Map  depicting  California  as  an  Island. 

|[  ^  188.  MARLETTE  (S.).  Report  on  the  Northern  Boundary  Sur- 
vey, the  California  and  Missouri  Overland  Stage  Road,  the  At- 
lantic and  Pacific  Railroad,  and  Mineral  Lands,  with  Sketches  of 
the  Topography,  etc.,  of  the  State.    8vo,  98  pp.    Sacramento,  1855 

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ORIGINAL  EDITION  WITH  THE  RARE  COLORED  VIEWS  OF 
EARLY    CALIFORNIA    DAYS 

Q 189.  MARRYAT  (F.).  Mountains  and  Molehills,  or  Recollec- 
tions of  a  Burnt  Journal.  Being  the  Recollections  of  a  Trip  to 
California  in  1850,  together  with  Scenes  and  Incidents  of  life  at 
the  Diggings  and  among  the  Miners.  8  full-page  very  fine  Colored 
Plates,  and  numerous  tvoodcuts.     8vo,  443  pp.,  original  cloth. 

London,  1855 

^^r'^    189a.  MARSHALL  (W.  G.).    Through  America,  or  Nine  Months 
J        in  the  United  States.     Illustrated.     12mo,  pp.  412,  cloth. 

London,  1882 

Contains  description  of  the  Golden  City;  Night  in  China  Town;  The 
Giant  Trees;  Yosemite  Valley,  covering  over  120  pages.  Among  the 
illustrations  is  one  of  the  Balloon  Car,  a  Street  Car  then  used  in  San 
Francisco. 

L/  ^.  190.  MAST  (I.).  The  Gun,  Rod  and  Saddle;  or,  Nine  Months  in 
California.    Plate.    12mo,  278  pp.  Phila.  1875 

L^^  191.  MATHEWS  (A.).    Stories  of  Sonoratown  and  Old  Mexico. 

Plate.    8vo,  boards,  uncut.  Los  Angeles,  1906 

Scarce.     Printed    in   a   small   edition,   signed   by   the   author.     The   old 

part  of  Los  Angeles  was  called  Sonoratown,  and  the  work  constitutes  the 

Early  history  of  the  region  before  the  American  occupation. 


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192.  MERIWEATHER  (L.).     Travels  in  Oregon,  Washington, 
Idaho,  Nevada,  Colorado,  and  California.    Plates.    8vo,  296  pp. 

New  York,  1889 

A  most  interesting  narrative  of  adventure  in  the  Far  West. 


■^193.  MEYRICK   (H.).     An  Account  of  Santa  Cruz  and  Mon- 
terey.   Map.    8vo,  pp.  96.  San  Francisco,  1880 


/  -.  194.  MINERS  COMPANION  and  Guide  (The)  :  A  Compen- 
dium of  the  most  Valuable  Information  for  the  Prospector  and 
Miner.     Folding  and  other  plates.     12mo,  original  boards. 

San  Francisco,  1861 


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*^RARE  AND   FAMOUS  "MINERS  TEN   COMMANDMENTS" 

195.  MINERS  TEN  COMMANDMENTS  (The).  By  a  Forty- 
Niner.  4to.  Printed  on  blue  note-paper,  with  border  of  11  humor- 
ous cuts.  Placerville,  1853 

A  Famous  item  of  Early  Calif orniana.  It  was  written  by  J.  Hutch- 
ins  and  is  his  first  literary  production  in  California.  It  was  induced  by 
the  following  item.     (See  next  lot.) 


196.  MINERS.  Report  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Sundry  Peti- 
tions Respecting  the  First  Day  of  the  Week,  and  the  Observance 
of  the  Sabbath.    8vo,  sewn.  Sacramento,  1853 

This  attempt  to  introduce  a  peaceful  Sabbath  met  with  wild  derision  at 
the  Mines,  and  was  the  inspiration  of  Hutchkins '  Satiric  ' '  Ten  Command- 
ments. ' ' 

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197.  MINEES.  The  Majority  and  Minority  Reports  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Mines  and  Mining  Interests  of  California.  8vo,  21  pp., 
sewn.  Sacramento,  1853 


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198.  MISREPRESENTATIONS   of   Early   California  History 

Corrected:  Proceedings  of  the  Society  of  California  Pioneers  in 

regard  to  certain  misrepresentations  of  men  and  events  in  Early 

California  History  made  in  the  works  of  H.  H.  Bancroft.     8vo, 

37  pp.,  original  wrappers.  San  Francisco,  1894 

Very  scarce.     Said  to  have  been   suppressed.     ' '  The  time  has  arrived 

when  the  gross  mis-statements  which  (his)  books  contain  should  be  refuted 

by  the  publication  of  the  testimony  of  living  witnesses,  so  that  testimony 

may  go  upon  record  and  be  perpetuated,  and  the  real  facts  and  truth  of 

history  be  vindicated. ' '     Preface. 

/^ 

-  199.  MORRIS  (W.  G.)  and  BENNETT  (H.  C).  An  Essay  on 
the  Manufacturing  Interests  of  California,  the  Courses  that  Impede 
and  those  that  would  aid  their  Development.  8vo,  46  pp.,  original 
wrappers.  San  Francisco,  1872 

An  important  and  exhaustive  Examination  of  the  subject,  covering  the 
period  from  1848  to  1872. 

^^  *"  199a.  NAPA  AND  LAKE  COUNTIES.  (Palmer,  Lyman  L.). 
History  of  Napa  and  Lake  Counties,  comprising  Geography,  Topog- 
raphy, Mining,  etc.,  with  Particular  Record  of  the  Mexican  Grants, 
Early  History,  and  Settlement,  and  the  Original  Spanish  and 
American  Pioneers  and  Early  Settlers.  Numerous  portraits. 
Royal  8vo,  sheep  (binding  broken).  San  Francisco,  1881 


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^  200.  NARRATIVE  of  California  Life:  Being  Scenes  and  Inci- 
dents which  passed  under  the  immediate  observaation  of  the  author, 
during  Five  Years'  Residence  there  in  the  Early  Days.  Bv  Mrs. 
J.  B.  Frost.    12mo,  276  pp. 

Hartford :  Privately  Printed  and  dedicated  to  the  Pioneers,  1866 
An  extremely  scarce  and  interesting  work. 

201.  ORATION,  Poems  and  Speeches,  Delivered  at  the  Second 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Associated  Alumni  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  held 
at  Oakland,  June  6th.    Published  by  the  Association.    8vo,  108  pp. 

San  Francisco,  1865 

202.  ORMAECHEA  (G.  M.  Y.).  Historia  Christiana  de  la 
California.  12mo,  248  pp.,  handsomely  bound  in  three-quarter 
polished  calf,  gilt  top.    Megico :  Imprenta  de  Pedro  Murguia,  1864 

An  Historical  work  of  the  first  importance,   for  the  Early  history   of 
California  and  New  Mexico.     Very  Eare. 

^^  203.  OROZCO  Y  BERRA  (M.).  Apuntes  para  Historia  y  Geo- 
grafia  de  California,  Nuevo  Mexico,  Nutka,  y  Arizona.  8vo,  502 
pp.  Mexico,  1881 

An   extremely  important  historical  work  relating  to  the  early  Expedi- 
tions to  California  and  the  Northwest  Coast.     The  author  is  an  authority. 

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-^204.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  A  Memorial  to  the  Congress 
of  the  U.  S.  in  Behalf  of  the  Citizens  of  San  Francisco,  Upon  the 
Subject  of  Constructing  a  railroad  from  the  Pacific  to  the 
Valley  of  the  Mississippi.  With  Remarks  on  Whitney's  Over- 
land Scheme,  Benton's  Route,  &c.    8vo,  sewn.      Sacramento,  1853 

An  Exceedingly  Tuire  and  Important  item,  and  a  very  early  California 
Overland  E.  R,  Project. 

S  -^  205.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Bailey  (W.  F.).  The  First 
Trans-Continental  Railroad,  Its  Projectors,  Construction  and  His- 
tory.   Svo,  164  pp.  Pittsburgh,  Privately  Printed,  n.  d. 

Inside  history  of  the  Overland  R.  R.,  with  valuable  details  of  the  build- 
ers, Indian  troubles,  etc. 

"?^  *^206.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Benton  (T.  H.).  A  Discourse 
on  the  Physical  Geography  of  the  Country  between  Missouri  and 
California,  with  a  view  to  show  its  adaption  to  Settlement  and  the 
Construction  of  a  Railroad  to  the  Pacific.     Svo,  sewn. 

Baltimore,  1854 

An  extremely  rare  and  important  tract,  by  one  of  the  most  far-seeing 
and  able  of  early  Western  statesmen  and  Pioneers. 


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'f 


207.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Conkling  (Edgar).  An  Ex- 
position of  Benton's  Policy  of  Selling  and  Developing  the  Mineral 
Lands,  and  the  Necessity  of  Furnishing  Access  to  the  Rocky 
Mountains  by  the  Construction  of  the  Northern  and  Central  Pacific 
Railroad.     8vo,  in  the  original  wrappers,  uncut  and  unopened. 

Cincinnati :  Celeb  Clark,  Printer,  1864 
A  scarce  tract  relating  to  the  development  of  the  Northwest  and  urging 
^       the  building  of  a  Northern  Railway  Route. 

-^^208.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Dodge  (Gen.  G.  M.).  How 
We  Built  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  with  What  I  Know  of  Harri- 
man,  etc.  Plates  including  interesting  Early  Views.  8vo,  171  pp. 
Rare.  Privately  Printed,  n.  p.  1866-70 


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v/^ 


^209.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Dodge  (Gen.  G.  M.).  Ro- 
mantic Realities:  The  Wonderful  Story  of  the  building  of  the 
Pacific  Roads,  as  told  by  Gen.  Dodge,  the  Engineer  whose  genius 
found  the  path  over  the  Mountains.  8vo,  50  pp.,  original  wrap- 
pers. Privately  Printed,  not  for  sale,  1899 
Narrative  of  the  obstacles  encountered,  hardships  endured,  adventures 
experienced  and  the  difficulties  which  had  to  be  overcome. 

^^210.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Nelson  (T.).  A  Trip  Across 
the  Continent  from  Ogden  to  San  Francisco.  Map  and  12  heautiful 
COLORED  VIEWS.    Oblong  Svo.  New  York,  1870 


*^  ^2\\.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.  Omaha  to  California:  Direct 
Route  between  the  Missouri  River  and  California;  with  details  of 
the  Resources,  Climate,  Mines,  Towns,  etc.,  of  Colorado,  Idaho, 
Utah,  Montana,  Nevada  and  California.  Map.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers. Chicago:  Horton  Steam  Press,  1868 

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„^  212.  OVERLAND  RAILROAD.     U.  P.  Railroad.     Across  the 

Continent;  with  an  Account  of  the  progress  of  the  Road.     Map. 
Syo,  32  pp.,  original  wrappers.  New  York,  1868 

213.  P (J.  L.).    Diary  of  a  Journey  to  Alaska  with  Notes 

^     on  New  Mexico,  Arizona,   California  and  Oregon.     4to,  original 

wrappers.     Printed  two  columns  to  the  page,  on  one  side  of  the 

leaf  only.  N.  p.,  [1891] 

A  very  scarce  Narrative.     We  are  unable  to  trace  the  author.     The  end 

is  dated  from  Jamestown,  North  Dakota. 

^^  214.  PACHECO  (CARLOS).  Expose  sobre  la  Colonizacion  de 
la  Baja  California.     Folding  Tables.     8vo,  113  pp.,  half  calf. 

Mexico,  1887 

An   important    document.     The    author   goes   very    thoroughly    into    the 
Early  Affairs  including  the  Filibustering  Enterprises. 

^  215.  PACIFIC  COAST.  A  Few  Thoughts  about  the  Pacific 
Coast.  For  the  Family  Circle.  By  H.  C.  R.  8vo,  pp.  52,  original 
wrappers.  N.  p.  and  no  copyright,  1882 

An  extremely  interesting  Narrative. 

>-^  216.  PALOU  (REV.  F.).  The  Life  of  Ven.  Padre  Junipero 
Serra.  Translated  by  Very  Rev.  J.  Adam.  Portrait.  12mo,  pp. 
156,  original  cloth.     Slip  of  errata.  San  Francisco,  1884 

*'An  Excessively  Rare  book,  only  a  few  copies  having  been  printed." 

.^  217.  PAINTER  (C).  The  Condition  of  Affairs  in  California 
and  the  Indian  Territory.  Travels  and  observations  among  the 
Indians.    8vo,  114  pp.  Phila.  1888 

—      218.  PALMER  (DR.  E.).     Collection  of  Clippings  collected  by 
Dr.  Palmer  on  the  Panamint  Indians  of  California.    Small  pack- 
j  t>  age. 

, 219.  PARKMAN    (FRANCIS).      The    California   and    Oregon 

^Trail.  Plates.  12mo,  448  pp.,  in  the  original  cloth.    New  York,  1849 

Nice  copy  of  the  Rare  Original  Edition  of  a  Classic  of  the  Overland. 

_       THE  LIFE  AND  ADVENTURES  OF  THE  DISCOVERER  OF 
I    y^t  GOLD    IN    CALIFORNIA    PUBLISHED    BY    HIMSELF 

^^^00"^  220.  PARSONS  (0.  F.).  The  Life  and  Adventures  of  James 
W.  Marshall,  the  Discoverer  of  Gold  in  California.  Crude  wood- 
cut portrait  of  Marshall.     12mo,  pp.  188. 

Sacramento:  Published  by  James  W.  Marshall,  1870 
Very  Rake.  One  of  the  most  important  narratives  of  Early  California, 
essential  to  a  full  understanding  of  the  Bear  Flag  Revolution,  the  Con- 
quest, and  subsequent  discovery  of  Grold.  Giving  details  of  the  overland 
trip  to  California  in  1844,  Indian  Troubles — The  Bear  Flag  War  and  how 
it  was  inaugurated — The  Settlers  Flag — How  Ammunition  was  procured — 
The  Capture  of  Monterey — Defeat  of  England's  Aims — How  She  was  Out- 
witted— The  Revolt  at  Los  Angeles — San  Diego — End  of  the  War — The 
Discovery  of  Gold — The  Great  Rush — Lawlessness — The  ' '  Hounds ' ' — 
Narrow  Escape  of  the  Author  from  Lynching — Prices  in  '49 — Col.  Rod- 
ger's Indian  War — Major  McKenney's  Death — Law  and  Justice  in  the 
Early  Days — How  Citizens'  Rights  were  Protected.  With  appendix  con- 
.taining  affidavits  in  verification  of  the  history. 

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PATTERSON'S  VOYAGES  TO  CALIFORNIA,  ALASKA  AND 
THE    NORTHWEST    COAST 

•^  221.  PATTERSON  (S.).  A  Narrative  of  the  Adventures  and 
Sufferings  of  Samuel  Patterson,  Experienced  in  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
Including  Three  Voyages  to  California  and  the  Northwest  Coast. 
12mo,  114  pp.,  old  sheep.  From  the  Press  in  Palmer,  1817 

Extremely  rare.  Contains  the  narrative  of  three  successive  voyages 
(1802-08)  to  California  and  the  Northwest  Coast,  Alaska,  Vancouver  and 
what  is  now  British  Columbia.  On  his  first  voyage  to  Nootka,  Patterson 
made  the  acquaintance  of  John  E.  Jewitt,  and  tells  of  the  awful  massacre 
of  his  companions  by  the  Natives.  A  most  interesting  and  valuable  early 
relation  of  adventures  in  California  and  on  the  West  Coast. 

^222.  PELTON  (J.).  Life's  Sunbeams  aand  Shadows:  Bio. 
graphical  and  Historical  Notes,  with  the  Narrative  of  my  Trip  to 
California  in  1849,  Early  Affairs  of  San  Francisco,  etc.  8vo,  260  pp. 
Portrait  and  Plates.  San  Francisco,  Privately  Printed,  1893 

Scarce.  The  author  ^vas  one  of  the  prominent  men  in  early  California 
days. 

■^C^  223.  PHILLIPPS  (D.  L.).  Letters  from  Calif ornia ;  an  Account 
of  the  Plains,  Towns  and  People.    8vo,  171  pp.,  original  wrappers. 

Privately  Printed,  Springfield,  1877 

Early  History;  Battle  of  Monterey;  Origin  of  the  C.  P.  Eailroad;  His- 
tory of  the  Granger  Eailroad  War;  Spanish  Missions;  16th  Century  Cali- 
fornia; the  Mohavo  Desert;  California  Brigands;  Early  K.  R.  History; 
Chinese  Question;  Land  Titles;  etc. 

/-  224.  PIONEERS.  Society  of  California  Pioneers:  Oration 
Poem  and  Addresses.     8vo,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

San  Francisco,  1862 

^      225.  PLAYER-FROWD    (J.   G.).     Six  Months  in   California; 

Sketches  of  San  Francisco,  Mines  and  Mining,  Beet  Sugar  and 

v4  OTive  Culture ;  The  Zoology  and  Flora  of  California.    12mo,  164  pp. 

f  \^.  London,  1872 

226.  PORTER  (B.).  One  of  the  People;  His  Own  Story r  Em- 
bracing a  Narrative  of  Adventures  on  the  way  to  California,  Life  in 
the  Gold  Diggings,  1852-57 ;  etc.    Portrait.    12mo,  pp.  382. 

"Printed  for  the  Author,"  n.  p.,  n.  d. 
A  scarce  Narrative  relating  to  the  Early  Days  of  California.     His  ac- 
count of  life  at  the  mines'  is  of  decided  value  and  interest. 

f^^^y^21.  PORTOLA.  The  March  of  Portola  and  the  Discovery  of 
the  Bay  of  San  Francisco;  with  the  Log  of  the  San  Carlos  and 
Original  Documents  translated  and  annotated  by  E.  J.  Molera. 
Plates  and  Facsimile  of  the  First  Survey  and  Map  of  San  Fran- 
cisco 1-1775).     8vo,  71  pp.  San  Francisco,  1909 


y^    "^28.  POST    (C.    C).      Driven    From    Sea   to    Sea;    or   just   a 
Campin'.    12mo,  333  pp.  Chicago,  1884 

Very  Scarce.  Overland  Trip  across  the  plains  to  California,  and  life 
'  there.  The  work  is  an  exposure  of  the  ' '  grasping  and  rapacious ' '  Rail- 
road interests. 

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'/-. 


229.  POWELL  (DK.  FRANK).  Old  Grizzly  Adams,  the  Bear 
Tamer  (A  Narrative  of  the  Life  and  Adventures  of  the  Famous 
Californian,  as  he  was  known  from  Montana  to  Mexico,  with  de- 
tails of  Indian  Trailing,  "Mountain  Regulating"),  etc.,  etc.  8vo, 
original  wrappers.  New  York,  1884 

Very  scarce.    The  author  was  Mayor  of  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  and  well  known 
on  the  plains  in  his  early  days  as  ''White  Beaver." 


^  230.  PRATT  (J.  H.).  Reminiscences,  Personal  and  Otherwise, 
with  the  Narrative  of  a  trip  to  California  in  1849,  life  at  the 
Diggings,  Early  Days  of  San  Francisco,  etc.,  etc.  287  Plates. 
12mo.  Privately  Printed  for  the  Family,  n.  p.,  1910 


COMPLETE  SET  OF  THE  PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  R.  W. 
GRAND  ENCAMPMENT  OF  I.  O.  O.  F.  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
1855-62;    WITH    INDICES 

231.  PROCEEDINGS  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Encampment  of 
I.  0.  0.  F.  of  California,  including  a  Session  for  the  Institution  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  held  at  Sacramento,  Jany.  8,  1855.  8 
vols.  12mo,  pp.  402,  and  an  Indice  covering  the  whole  set. 

San  Francisco,  1855-62 


^  232.  PROSCH  (T.  W.).  David  S.  Maynard  and  Catherin  T. 
Maynard.  Biographers  of  two  of  the  Immigrants  of  1850.  Con- 
taining the  Daily  Naerative  of  their  Journey  Across  the  Con- 
tinent, Participation  in  the  Beginnings  of  Washington  Territory, 
Trip  to  California  in  1851.  War  with  the  Indians  and  Life  among 
the  Savages,  etc.,  etc.  Edited  by  T.  J.  Prosch.  Portraits.  8vo, 
83  pp.  Privately  Printed,  Seattle,  1906 

The  Overland  Narrative  is  in  day-by-day  form,  and  the  journey  was  a 
hard  one  indeed.  ''The  immigrants  tired  of  themselves  and  of  each  other, 
stretching  out  these  conditions  for  a  period  of  five  months,  drove  some  of 
the  participants  into  suicide,  others  into  insanity,  and  left  many  a  physical 
wreck  for  whom  there  was  no  possibility  of  recovery." — Preface. 


r 


'^  233.  RADICAL  RECONSTRUCTION  on  the  Basis  of  One 
Sovereign  Republic,  with  Dependent  States  and  Territories  uni- 
formly Constituted  and  with  the  Corruption  of  Party  Politics 
abolished.  An  Appeal  for  New  Nationality  w^ith  Russian  America, 
looking  also  to  union  with  Mexico  and  Canada.  8vo,  original 
paper  covers.  Sacramento,  1867 

''^^^^^^U.  RANDOLPH  (EDMUND).  An  Address  on  the  History 
of  California  from  the  Discovery  of  the  Country  to  the  Year  1849. 
Folding  Map.    8vo,  72  pp.,  half  morocco.        San  Francisco,  1860 

An  important  work  by  an  authority  on  the  Early  Affairs  of  California. 
One  of  the  few  authoritative  contributions  to  the  history  of  the  Country 
prior  to  its  Conquest  by  the  U.  S. 

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REID'S  TRAMP— ONE   OF  THE  RAREST   OF  CALIFORNIA 
OVERLAND    JOURNALS 

^/2-  235.  REID  (JOHN  C).  Reid's  Tramp:  or  a  Journal  of  the 
Incidents  of  Ten  Months'  Travel  through  Texas,  New  Mexico, 
Arizona,  Sonora  and  California.  Including  Topography,  Climate, 
Soil,  Minerals,  Metals  and  Inhabitants.  With  a  Notice  of  the 
Great  Inter-Oceanic  Rail-Road.  8vo,  237  pp.  (2  pp.  facsimile) 
handsomely  bound  in  three-quarter  morocco,  blind  stamp  on  title. 
Selma,  Alabama,  Printed  at  the  Book  and  Job  Office  of  John 
Hardy,  1858 

Only  four  copies  of  this  work  are  known,  of  which  this  is  the  first  to  be 
sold  at  auction;  it  wa^  printed  for  the  author  and  was  entirely  destroyed 
during  the  holocaust  in  and  about  Selraa  during  the  Civil  War,  Probably 
no  subsequent  Overland  Narrative,  and  but  one  or  two  of  earlier  date  can 
in  any  way  compare  with  it  in  point  of  actual  rarity.  As  a  narrative  of  life 
and  adventure  on  the  Plains  and  among  the  Indians,  observations  on  the 
country  and  people,  the  work  is  of  the  highest  historical  importance.  The 
author  was'  First  Lieutenant  of  Col.  Crabb's  Auxiliary  Expedition,  a  fili- 
bustering enterprise  which  resulted  in  the  massacre  by  the  Mexicans  of  all 
but  one  of  the  participants;  many  facts  of  this  and  other  little  known 
events  of  this  period  of  the  Western  Country's  Travail  are  here  brought 
to  light. 


^^ 


^  236.  REPORT  of  the  Committee,  with  the  Views  of  the  Minority 
on  the  Admission  of  California  into  the  Union.     8vo,  sewn. 

Washington,  1849 


237.  REPORT  of  the  Committee  on  Claims,  on  the  Claim  of 
the  City  of  Sacramento  against  the  State  of  California  for  Aid 
and  Succor  rendered  to  hordes  of  worn  out  and  scorbutic  Immi- 
grants from  the  Plains  during  the  years  1849  and  1850.  8vo, 
sewn.  Sacramento,  1855 

An  Important  Document,  as  revealing  the  actual  and  woeful  condition 
of  Affairs  in  California  during  the  height  of  the  Gold  Kush. 

RICHARDSON'S  JOURNAL  OF  THE  OVERLAND  MARCH  AND 
CAMPAIGN    UNDER    DONIPHAN 

JkO  '^238.  RICHARDSON  (W.  H.).  Journal  of  William  H.  Richard- 
son, a  Private  Soldier  in  the  New  Mexican  Campaign,  under  the 
Command  of  Col.  Doniphan.  12mo,  pp.  96  in  the  original  wrap- 
pers wiilfi  Views  of  the  Battle  of  Sacramento^  Execution  of  a  Mexi- 
can Chief,  Marching  through  the  ''Region  of  Death"  and  a  MS. 
letter  of  Col.  Doniphan,  attesting  to  the    accuracy  of  the  book. 

New  York,  1848 

An  Important  Source  book.     The  journal  is  in  day-by-day  form  from 

August,   '46,  to  July,  1847,  thus  covering  the  entire  period  of  this  famous 

Expedition,  and  its  unparalleled  march  across  the  Prairies  amidst  hostile 

and  Savage  Indians  and  Mexicans. 

.^ 
i/  /  239.  RICHMAN  (I.).  California  under  Spain  and  Mexico,  1835- 
1847.    A  Contribution  towards  a  History  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  based 
on  Original  Sources.     Folding  Maps,  etc.     8vo,  pp.  541. 

Boston,  1911 

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>^i^       239a.  RINGGOLD  (C).    A  Series  of  Charts,  with  Sailing  Di- 

r  rections,  embracing  the  entrance  to  San  Francisco,  San  Pablo,  the 

branches  of  the  Sacramento,  and  San  Joaquin  Rivers,  etc.,  of  the 

State  of  California.    Large  Folding  Maps  and  Views.    4to,  44  pp. 

Washington,  1851 
Presentation  copy  from  the  Author.     A  very  choice  copy. 

^^  239b.  ROCKWELL  (JOHN  A.).  A  Compilation  of  Spanish 
7  ^0^  and  American  Law,  in  Relation  to  Mines,  and  Titles  to  Real  Estate, 
in  force  in  California,  Texas  and  New  Mexico;  and  in  the  Terri- 
tories acquired  under  the  Louisiana  and  Florida  Treaties,  when 
annexed  to  the  United  States.  .  .  .  Together  with  a  Digest  of  the 
Common  Law,  on  the  Subject  of  Mines  and  Mining.  Royal  8vo, 
calf  (rubbed).  New  York,  1851 

Volume  1  only,  there  were  no  more  published. 

1^2^      239c.  RODRIGUEZ    se    S.    MIGUEL    (JUAN).      Documentos 

/  Relativos  al  Piadoso  Fondo  de  Misiones  para  Conversion  y  Civili- 

zacion  de  las  Numerosas  Tribus  Barbaras  de  la  Antigua  y  Nueva 

California.     Also,  Segundo  Cuaderno  de  Interesantes  Documentos 

a  los  Bienes  del  Fondo  Piadoso  de  Misiones,  para  conversion  i 

Civilizacion  de  las  Tribus  Barbaras  da  las  Californias.     2  parts, 

8vo,  sewed.  Mexico,  1845 

One  of  the  earliest  works  on  the  California  Missions,  and  very  rare  with 

the  second  part. 

)   ^Z^    240.  ROMAN  (A.).    A  Sketch  of  the  Route  to  California,  China 
-^  and  Japan.     12mo,  108  pp.,  original  wrappers. 

San  Francisco,  1869 

This  is'  the  first  book  printed  which  describes  this  route,  it  appearing  the 
day  the  first  steamer  for  China  left  San  Francisco. 


; 


^ 


^  241.  SAN  FRANCISCO  City  Directory  (The),  by  Charles  P. 
Kimball.    September  1,  1850.    12mo,  136  pp.,  original  cloth. 

San  Francisco :  Journal  of  Commerce  Press,  Montgomery  Street, 
1850 

A  Scarce  California  item;  The  Dodd  copy,  containing  139  pp.,  with  a 
supplemental  list  of  "omitted  names,"  is  described  as  the  second  issue 
of  the  First  Edition.  As  this  copy  does  not  contain  these  subsequent  ad- 
ditions, it  would  appear  to  antedate  it,  although  Cowan  states  that  but 
one  copy  of  the  First  Edition  is  known.  Besides  the  Directory  there  is 
a  list  of  streets,  officers  of  the  city  government,  amusements',  places  of 
public  utility,  express  offices,  places  of  worship,  newspapers,  etc. 

>^^24lA.  SAN  FRANCISCO  Cadets,  Company  H,  Second  Regi- 
ment, N.  G.  C,  Capt.  C.  E.  S.  McDonald,  Com'g.  Organized  Aug. 
7th,  1863.  Opinions  of  the  Press  and  Rules  and  Regulations.  12mo, 
pp.  27,  original  pictorial  wrapper.  San  Francisco,  n.  d. 

Inserted   is'   Program    for   exhibition   of   drill   held   in   the   Academy   of 
■'^''  Music  at  New  York  with  tickets  for  same. 

y^^2.  SAN  FRANCISCO.  Report  of  the  Select  Committee  upon 
the  Extension  of  the  Water  Front  of  the  City  of  San  Francisco. 
8vo,  22  pp.,  sewn.  Sacramento,  1855 

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1q  .^    243.  SAN  FRANCISCO.     Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  of  the 

Legislative  Assembly  of  the  District  of  San  Francisco,  from  March 

12th,  1849,  to  June  4th,  1849,  and  a  Eecord  of  the  Proceedings  of 

the  Ayuntamiento  or  Town  Council  of  San  Francisco.     8vo,  half 

roan,  uncut  (name  on  title).     San  Francisco :  Towne  &  Bacon,  1860 

Extremely  rare.     Little  known  concerning  it.     The  only  copy   which 

has  appeared  at  auction.     Sold  in  these  rooms  in  1917  and  then  fetched 

$45.00. 

r  ^.  243a.  SAN  FRANCISCO  Post  Office,  California.  A  faithful 
representation  of  the  crowds  daily  applying  at  that  office  for  let- 
ters and  newspapers.  H.  F.  Cox  del.  Lith.  of  Wm.  Endicott  & 
Co.     Folio. 

Fine  original  copy  of  this  rare  tinted  view. 

^JT  244.  SANBORN  (A.).  An  Account  of  the  Resources  and  De- 
velopment  of  Amador  County,  California,  the  Leading  Mining 
County  of  the  State.    8vo,  original  wrappers.      Jackson,  Cal.,  1887 

\^jr     245.  SANTA  BARBARA.    All  About  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.    8vo, 
^00  pp.,  in  the  original  wrappers.  Santa  Barbara,  1878 

^  -"^46.  SAVAGE  (R.).  The  Little  Lady  of  Lagunitas.  12mo, 
483  pp.,  three-quarter  morocco.  New  York,  1893 

Only  a  few  copies  of  this;  narrative  of  California  in  the  early  forties 
were  issued;  contains  a  most  interesting  history  of  Joaquin  Murietta; 
the  Bear  Flag  Revolt;   the  Mariposa  Bonanza,  etc. 

^  ^1^  RARE  NARRATIVE  OF  CALIFORNIA'S  DESPERADO  DAYS 
247.  SAWYER  (B.  T.).  The  Life  and  Career  of  Tiburcio  Vas- 
quez,  the  California  Bandit  and  Murderer :  Containing  a  Full  and 
Complete  Account  of  his  many  offenses  against  the  Law,  from 
boyhood  up,  his  Confessions,  Capture,  Trial  and  Execution.  To 
which  is  appended  Judge  Collins'  Address  to  the  Jury  in  behalf  of 
the  Prisoner.    Portraits.    8vo,  48  pp.,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

San  Jose,  1875 

An  Important  work.  Vasquez  was  outlawed  by  the  Vigilance  Committee, 
and  depredated  up  and  down  California  for  upwards  of  twenty  years,  with 
a  reward  of  $8,000  on  his  head.  The  author  writes  from  personal  knowl- 
edge; much  of  the  narrative  falling  directly  from  Vasquez 's  lips;  in  addi- 
tion he  traversed  Monterey  and  San  Benito  Counties,  interviewing  relatives, 
schoolmates  and  old  acquaintances  of  the  bandit,  from  whom  much  valu- 
able and  interesting  information  wag  obtained.  The  only  authentic  and 
complete  History  that  has  been  published.  jq^       ^  .  ., 

"^'  248.  SCHARMANN  (H.  B.).  Journal  of  an  Overland  Journey 
to  California  in  1849.  From  the  pages  of  a  Pioneer's  Diary. 
Portrait  and  crude  illustrations.    12mo,  115  pp. 

Privately  Printed  for  the  author's  Family,  no  copies  for  sale, 
n.  p.,  n.  d.,  and  no  copyright 

Eare.  A  most  interesting  and  important  narrative  of  the  Pioneer  days 
of  California.  The  expedition  across  the  plains  performed  by  the  Schar- 
mann  family  is  one  long  chapter  of  Hardship,  Death  and  Disaster.  The 
Second  half  of  the  work,  narrating  the  author's  experiences  in  the  Gold 
Fields  reveal  the  hidden  side  of  tne  ''glorified  Golden  Days." 

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SELKIRK'S  SETTLEMENT   IN  THE   ORIGINAL  BOARDS  AND 

UNOPENED 

(^  ,^  249.  SELKIRK  (EARL  OF).  Statement  respecting  the  Earl 
of  Selkirk's  Settlement  upon  the  Red  River;  its  Destruction  in 
1815  and  1816,  and  the  Massacre  of  Gov.  Semple  and  his  Party. 
With  Observations  upon  a  recent  Publication  entitled  ''A  Narra- 
tive of  Occurrances  in  the  Indian  Countries,"  etc.  Large  Folding 
Map.  8vo,  304  pp.  In  the  Original  Boards,  entirely  Uncut  and 
Unopened.  London,  1817 

A  marvellous  copy,  as  if  just  from  the  press. 

3  >C-  250.  SHAW  (D.).  El  Dorado,  as  Seen  by  a  Pioneer,  with  an 
Account  of  the  Trip  from  Illinois,  Across  the  Plains  with  Two 
Wagons  and  Eight  Horses  to  California  in  1850.  Portrait  and 
Plates.     12mo,  pp.  313.  Los  Angeles,  1900 

f  ^  251.  SILLIMAN  (B.).  Review  of  the  Natural  Resources  and 
Plan  of  Development  of  the  Northern  Division  of  the  Mariposa 
Estate.    8vo,  95  pp.  New  York,  1873 

l/^  ^  252.  SIMPSON  (LIEUT.  J.  H.).  Journal  of  a  Military  Recon- 
naisance  from  Sante  Fe,  New  Mexico,  to  the  Navajo  Countrj^,  made 
with  the  troops  under  the  command  of  Col.  Washington,  Governor 
of  New  Mexico,  in  1849.  Large  Folding  Map  and  75  full-page 
COLORED  and  Lithographed  Plates,  including  Views  of  the  Country 
traversed,  the  Indians,  etc.    8vo,  in  the  original  cloth.    Phila.  1852 

Very  Scarce.     A  magnificent  copy  in  absolutely   ''new"  condition. 

2-  -^  253.  SMITH  (J.  G.).  Notes  of  Travel  in  California:  Sketches 
of  Los  Angeles,  Monterej^  and  San  Francisco.     12mo,  pp.  123. 

St.  Albans,  1886 

--  254.  SMITH  (T.).  An  Address  on  the  Admission  of  California 
into  the  Union,  the  Establishment  of  Territorial  Governments  for 
Utah  and  New  Mexico  and  making  proposals  to  Texas  for  the  Es- 
tablishment of  her  Western  and  Northern  Boundaries.    8vo,  32  pp. 

Washington,  1850 

F  <^     255.  SOULE  (F.).  The  Annals  of  San  Francisco,  with  a  History 
of  the  First  Discovery,  Settlement,  etc.,  of  California.    Large  fold- 
ing Map  and  Plates.    8vo,  824  pp.,  original  cloth.    New  York,  1855 
Presentation  copy,  from  S.  P.  Dewey   (of  Bonanza  Mines  Fame).     See 
next  lot. 

3  ^-^  255a.  southern  CALIFORNIA.  An  Illustrated  History. 
Embracing  the  Counties  of  San  Digeo,  San  Bernardino,  Los 
Angeles  and  Orange,  the  Peninsular  of  Lower  California,  .  .  .  and 
Biographical  mention  of  many  of  their  Pioneers  and  of  prominent 
Citizens  of  to-day.     Portraits.    4to,  leather   (cracked). 

Chicago,  1890 

/  -^"^-^56.  SPAULDING  (N.).  Semi- Annual  Message  of  Mayor  N.  W. 
Spaulding  to  the  President  and  Members  of  the  City  Council  of 
the  City  of  Oakland.    Containing  an  Account  of  the  Present  Condi- 

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tions  of  the  Town,  the  Report  of  the  Captain  of  Police  giving  the 
Criminal  Record  to  date,  etc.     8vo,  original  wrappers. 

Oakland :  Union  Job  Print,  1871 

iiii  early  Oakland  imprint^  and  an  interesting  * 'local." 

257.  SPEED  (J.).    Notes  of  a  Visit  to  California,  with  Reminis- 
cences of  Abraham  Lincoln.    8vo,  67  pp.  Louisville,  1884 

-  258.  SPURR  (G.).  The  Land  of  Gold.  Early  Pioneer  Life  in 
California.  Dedicated  to  the  Pioneers.  Portrait  and  Plates.  12mo, 
271  pp.  Boston,  1883 


ASSOCIATION  COPY  OF  VON  STAEHLIN'S  KAMTSCHATKA 
f^  259.  STAEHLIN  (J.  VON).  An  Account  of  the  New  Northern 
Archipelago,  lately  discovered  by  the  Russians  in  the  Sea  of 
Kamtschatka  and  Anadir,  wdth  Narrative  of  Adventures.  Folding/ 
Map.    8vo,  138  pp.  London,  1774 

important  tor  the  early  geographical  history  of  Alaska  and  the  North- 
west Coast.     Dr.  Cook's  copy,  vnth  his  autograph,  a  peculiarly  interesting 
^  ' '  association. ' ' 

[  260.  STEELE  (J.).     Old  California  Days.     Plates.     12mo,  227 

pp.  Chicago,  1892 

An  interesting  narrative  of  the  ' '  Early  Day. ' ' 

THE  RARE  SAN  FRANCISCO  EDITION  OF  THE  OATMAN 
.     ^^  CAPTIVITY 

-J"  ^  261.  STRATTON  (R.  B.).  Captivity  of  the  Oatman  Girls: 
Being  an  interesting  narrative  of  life  among  the  Apache  and  Mo- 
have Indians:  Containing  also  an  interesting  account  of  the  Mas- 
sacre of  the  Oatman  Family,  by  the  Apache  Indians  in  1851;  the 
narrow  escape  of  Lorenzo  D.  Oatman;  the  capture  of  Olive  A.  and 
Mary  A.  Oatman;  the  death  by  starvation,  of  the  latter;  the  five 
years'  sufferings  and  captivitj^  of  Olive  A.  Oatman;  also  her  singu- 
lar recapture  in  1856 ;  as  given  by  Lorenzo  D.  and  Olive  A.  Oatman, 
the  only  surviving  members  of  the  family,  to  the  author.  Map,  por- 
trait and  plates.    12mo,  pp.  231  (worn).  San  Francisco,  1857 

Exceedingly  Rare.  Journal  of  the  celebrated  Oatman  Expedition 
Across  the  Plains  to  California  from  Missouri,  in  1850,  in  which  after  a 
desperate  and  forced  march  they  got  as  far  as  Arizona  only  to  be  sur- 
rounded by  the  Indians  and  practically  annihilated.  The  subsequent 
hardships  endured  by  the  captive  girls  was  of  so  severe  and  irksome  a 
nature  that  one  of  them  died  while  in  captivity  and  the  other  lived  les's 
than  a  year  after  making  public  her  experiences. 

-^     262.  INDIAN  CAPTIVITY.    The  same  Reprinted.    N.  Y.  1858 
An  especially  fine  copy  of  the  re-issue. 

3  -^  263.  SWASEY  (W.  F.).  The  Early  Days  and  Men  of  Cali- 
fornia. Portrait;,  plates  and  original  view  of  San  Francisco  in  1846. 
8vo,  pp.  406.  Oakland,  1891 

Swasey  made  the  trip  to  California  in  1845,  and  became  bookkeeper  at 
Sutters  Fort.  His  book  is  one  of  the  very  few  authentic  sources  for  the 
period  before  the  Gold  Eush,  and  particularly  so  with  regard  to  the  in- 
cidents of  the  Bear  Flag  Revolution,  and  the  events  arising  therefrom.. 

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>     ^     264.  TAYLOR    (B.).     Between  the  Gates:  Journal  of  a  Trip 
"Across  the  Continent.    Plates.    8vo,  292  pp.  Chicago,  1878 

EXCEEDINGLY   RARE   ORIGINAL  EDITION   OF  TAYLOR'S 
FRONTIER    AND    INDIAN    LIFE 

4  «^  265.  TAYLOR  (J.  H.).  Sketches  of  Frontier  and  Indian  Life 
on  the  Upper  Missouri  and  the  Great  Plains,  embracing  the  Au- 
thor's Personal  Experiences  and  Recollections  of  Noted  Frontier 
Characters,  and  some  Observations  of  Indian  Life  during  a  25 
years'  Residence  in  the  Western  Territories,  between  the  years 
1864  and  1889.    Portrait  and  very  interesting  Plates.    8vo,  200  pp. 

Pottstown :  Printed  by  the  Author,  1889 
Of  western  Narratives  in  the  Original  Edition,  this  is  one  of  the  most 
difficult  to  secure.  It  was  set  up  and  printed  by  the  author  himself,  on  a 
little  rotary  hand-press,  which  he  had  erected  in  the  back  of  the  Hartranft 
mansion  at  Pottstown;  upon  it  he  was  able  to  print  a  few  copies,  which 
were  exhausted  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  almost  at  once.  A  2nd  Ed. 
was  made  some  7  j^ears  later  at  Washburn,  Dakota,  a  3rd  at  Bismarck  the 
following  year,  and  so  on.  In  the  reprints  many  of  the  original  sketches 
were  omitted.  "The  material  for  this  work  was  gleaned  from  observations 
made  during  an  Overland  Trip  across  the  Plainsi  in  1864-5;  a  term  of 
Soldiering  on  the  Border;  a  Journey  to  Ft.  Eandall,  and  up  the  Dakota 
River;  a  Residence  in  Wyoming  and  Montana,  and  a  continuous  life  in  the 
Dakotas  and  Northwest  till  1889."     Preface. 

/    ^^      266.  TAYLOR    (W.).      California   Life   Illustrated.      With   16 
Plates.     12mo,  348  pp.  New  York,  1860 

Life  at  the  diggings,  in  the  cities,  pioneer  adventuie,  etc. 


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^  267.  TERRELL  (CAPT.  J.  C).  Reminiscences  of  the  Early 
Days,  with  the  Narrative  of  my  Overland  Trip  to  California  in 
''52,  from  my  Old  Diary.    Portrait  and  plates.    8vo,  pp.  101. 

Scarce.  "^  Fort  Worth,  1906 

'  268.  THISSELL  (G.  W.).  Crossing  the  Plains  in  '49.  Journal 
of  a  Trip  to  California  with  an  Ox-team,  from  the  Missouri  River 
to  the  Gold  Fields  in  1849-50.  (Embracing  thrilling  Adventures, 
hair-breadth  Escapes,  as  well  as  many  Amusing  Incidents.)  Por- 
trait and  Plates.    12mo,  176  pp.    Oakland :  Privately  Printed,  1913 

A  most  interesting  Pioneer  Narrative,  written  in  day  by  day  form  and 
recording  many  out-of-the-way  incidents  of  the  plains,  which  has  escaped 
the  record  of  previous  chroniclers. 

^0^  269.  THOMES  (W.  H.).  On  Land  and  Sea;  or  California  in 
the  Years  1843-44-45.  12mo,  original  pictorial  covers  (worn),  351 
pp.  Chicago,  n.  d. 

,^  270.  THOMES  (W.  H.).  A  Whaleman's  Adventures  in  Cali- 
fornia.    8vo,  444  pp.  Boston,  1872 

Original  Edition.  An  extremely  interesting  narrative  of  life  in  Call: 
fornia  in  the  Early  Days.  Adventures  at  the  Diggings,  the  Great  Fire; 
.encounters  with  Joaquin  Murictta,  etc. 

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271.  THOMPSON  (R.).  History  of  the  Conquest  of  California, 
the  Capture  of  Sonoma  by  the  Bear  Flag  Men,  the  Raising  of  the 
American  Flag  in  Monterey,  the  part  taken  by  the  Bear  Flag  Men 
in  the  Conquest,  from  its  commencement  to  its  close  at  Los  Angeles^ 
Jan.  10th,  1847.    Plates.    8vo,  in  the  original  wrappers. 

Santa  Rosa,  1896 

The  author  states  that  the  work  is  an  answer  to  the  ''Calumnies  of  that 
'self  Styled  and  constituted  historian,'  H.  H.  Bancroft." 

"^  iX  272.  TORRE Y  (W.).  The  Life  and  Adventures  of  William 
Torrey,  Embracing  the  Narrative  of  a  Voyage  to  the  Northwest 
Coast  of  America  and  California  in  1837.  With  a  Description  of 
St.  Francis  Drake's  Bay,  the  Indians,  their  Manners  and  Customs,' 
etc.    Portrait  and  plates.    12mo,  300  pp.  (worn).  Boston,  1848 

^^^.  TULLIDGE'S  WESTERN  Galaxy  and  Monthly  Mag- 
azine. Vol.  1  No.  1  to  No.  4.  (All  Published.)  Illustrated  with 
mayiy  verij  fine  Early  Vieius  of  the  Far  West.  8vo,  original  wrap- 
pers, 468 'pp.  Salt  Lake,  1888 

A  most  important  Collection  of  Pioneer  chronicles  and  reminiscences  are 
preserved  in  this  rare  periodical.  Among  them  we  cite:  The  Narrative  of 
the  Overland  Trip  from  Nauvoo  to  Salt  Lake,  1846.  McBride's  Moun- 
tain Justice:  Fragments  of  Early  Idaho  History;  Adventures  in  the 
Salmon  River  Country;  Utah  and  California,  Original  Proposal  to  Unite 
them ;  ' '  Pioneer  Sketches,  Illustrated. ' '  Life  of  Eobert  Stuart,  an  ad- 
venturer, of  the  Astor  Expedition,  and  a  Pioneer  of  Idaho,  Montana  and 
Wyoming,  etc.,  etc. 

274.  TUTHILL  (P.).  The  History  of  California.  8vo,  657  pp. 
^  San  Francisco,  1866 

One  of  the  important  sources  for  the  period  from  1850  to  1865.  His 
account  of  the  events  which  led  to  the  formation  of  the  famous  Vigilance 
Committee  is  the  most  complete  and  valuable  which  we  have. 


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I  ^  275.  TYSON  (J.  L.).  Diary  in  California;  Being  the  results 
of  actual  experience,  including  notes  of  the  journey  and  observa- 
tions on  the  climate,  soil,  resources  of  the  country,  etc.  8vo,  pp.  92 
in  the  original  wrappers.  New  York,  1850 

An  authoritative  and  valuable  Pioneer  Journal  by  a  trained  observer. 

f  .^     276.  TYSON  (P.  T.).    The  Industrial  Resources  and  Geology  of 
^         California :  With  Reports  of  Exploration  in  California  and  Oregon, 
and  also  the  Examination  of  Routes  for  Railroad  Communication 
Eastward  from  those  Countries.    With  the  12  Large  Folding  Maps. 
8vo,  198  pp.  Baltimore,  1851 

The  most  important  work  relating  to  California  that  had  up  to  this;  time 
appeared.  It  contains  a  minute  account  of  the  mines  and  mineral  re- 
sources in  general;  the  vegetable  products,  animals,  lands,  land  titles,  gov- 
ernment, routes,  etc.,  etc. 

/^  276a.  union  pacific.     Set  of  10  pamphlets  relating  to  the 

case  of  Central  Branch  of  the  Union  Pacific  R.R.  extension,  etc., 

vs.  Kansas  Pacific  R.R.,  also  Acts  of  Congress  re  Pacific  R.Rs.,  also 

their  obligations,  etc.     12mo,  full  morocco.      Washington,  1868-72 

Complete  collections  relating  to  this  case  are  very  scarce. 

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^^  211.  UPHAM  (S.).  Notes  of  a  Voyage  to  California,  together 
with  Scenes  in  El  Dorado  in  the  years  1849-50 ;  with  an  Appendix 
Containing  Reminiscences  of  Pioneer  Journalism  in  California, 
and  the  Journal  of  ''The  King's  Orphan,"  a  Swede  by  the  name 
of  Mafs  or  Mass,  detailing  his  adventures  and  observations  in  Cali- 
fornia in  1843.     Willi  45  Early  Plates.    8vo,  594  pp. 

Phila. :  Published  by  the  Author,  1878 

^  *JL-  278.  VALLE JO.  The  Prospects  of  Vallejo :  or  Evidences  that 
Vallejo  will  become  a  Great  City.  Large  Folding  Map.  8vo,  50 
pp.  Vallejo:  Chronicle  Print,  1871 

Scarce.  An  interesting  work  in  which  it  is  conclusively  proven  that 
within  a  few  short  years  Vallejo  will  be  the  greatest  city  on  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  San  Francisco  but  a  fading  memory! 

2^  tZ  279.  VAN  DYKE  (THEODORE  S.).  Flirtation  Camp,  or  Rifle, 
Rod  and  Gun  in  California.    A  Sporting  Romance.    12mo,  pp.  299. 

New  York,  1881 

//  ^  280.  SACRAMENTO.  View  of  Sacramento  City,  from  the  R  St 
Levee.    4to.  N.  p.,  n.  d.  [Sacramento,  c.  1854] 

Eare.  This  is  one  of  the  4to  pictorial  letter-sheets,  used  by  the  miners, 
the  top  half  containing  the  View  and  the  lower  half  left  blank  for  ''cor- 
respondence. ' ' 

j  V  -^  281.  VIGILANCE  COMMITTEE.  Message  of  the  President  of 
the  U.  S.,  calling  for  Information  respecting  any  Correspondence 
or  Proceedings  in  relation  to  the  Self-styled  Vigilance  Committee 
in  California.    8vo,  pp.  30,  sewn.  Washington,  1856 

Largely  relating  to  the  celebrated  case  of  Judge  Terry,  who  stabbed 
Hopkins  while  the  latter  was  attempting  to  bring  him  before  the  * '  Com- 
mittee" for  some  of  his  earlier  escapades.  An  important  document,  and 
apparently  the  earliest  Ofl&cial  recognition  iii  Washington  of  the  ?tate  of 
Affairs  in  California. 


|P,^N/K 


282.  WAITE  {¥.).  An  Account  of  San  Diego,  the  City  and 
County.  Its  Soil,  Productions,  Advantages,  etc.,  etc.  Map  and 
Plates.    8vo,  original  wrappers.  San  Diego,  1888 

^  rj^283.  WARD  (JOHN).     The  Overland  Route  to  California,  and 
'  other  Poems.    8vo,  124  pp.,  full  morocco,  gilt. 

-4  New  York :  Privatelv  Printed,  1874 

4  284.  WARREN  (T.).    Dust  and  Foam:  Ten  Years  Wanderings 

in  California,  Mexico  and  the  Sandwich  Islands.    12mo,  pp.  397. 

New  York,  1849 

The  first  150  pages  of  this  interesting  work  contain  the  Journal  of  the 
author's  trip  to  California,  experiences  at  the  mines,  life  in  the  mining 
towns,  etc.,  thence  to  Sonora,  with  an  account  of  Count  Eaoussot's  Fili- 
bustering Expedition,  Walker's  Project,  etc. 


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"^285.  WASSON  (J.).  The  Mines  of  Bodie:  A  Complete  and 
Accurate  Account  of  the  Mining  Properties  in  and  adjacent  to  the 
Town  of  Bodie,  Mono  County,  California.  Folding  Map  and  inter- 
esting fidl-page  Views.    8vo,  46  pp.  New  York,  1879 

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^  286.  WASSON  (J.).  An  Account  of  San  Ygnacio  and  the 
Leading  Mines  of  Cerro  Gordo  District,  Inyo  County,  California. 
8vo,  original  wrappers.  New  York,  1880 

^.^  287.  WEBSTER  (KIMBALL).  The  Gold  Seekers  of  '49:  A 
Personal  Narrative  of  the  Overland  Trail  and  Adventures  in 
California  and  Oregon  from  1849  to  1854.  Portrait  and  numerous 
Old  Views.     8vo,  240  pp.  Manchester 

The  journal  is  in  day  by  day  form  as  kept  by  the  Kimball  party  in 
3849  while  crossing  the  Plains  to  California.  This  journal  occupies  100 
pages  of  the  work,  the  balance  is  an  exact  copy  of  the  Ms.  Diary  which 
he  kept  while  on  the  Coast  from  '49  to  '54  and  comprises  an  interesting 
and  valuable  record  of  adventures  and  events'  at  the  Mines,  Camps  and 
towns  during  their  first  days. 

'^^  288.  WEIK  (J.).  Calif ornien  Wie  es  ist;  oder  Hand-Buch  von 
Californien,  mit  besonderer  Berueksichtigung  fur  Auswanderer; 
mit  eine  Praktische  Anweisung  das  Gold  zu  reinigen.  12mo,  107 
pp.,  three-quarter  morocco.  Phila.  1849 

'-^  289.  WELLES  (C.).  Three  years  Wanderings  in  California  & 
S.  A.,  with  a  Description  of  the  Country,  Manners  and  Customs, 
including  Miners,  Natives,  etc.,  with  a  detailed  account  of  unusual 
hardships,  suffering,  privation,  disappointment  and  Dangers. 
Plates.    12mo,  358  pp.  New  York,  1859 


290.  WIGHT   (S.).     Adventures  in  California  and  Nicaragua: 
>-Truthful  Epic.    8vo,  84  pp.         Boston :  Privately  Printed,  1860 

^    -^91.  WILKES   (G.)  &  DE  KAY  (D.).     Lower  California:  Its 

Geography  and  Characteristics,  with  a  Sketch  of  the  Land  Grant  of 

the  Lower  Calif.  Co.     Large  Folding  Map.     8vo,  pp.  44,  original 

wrappers.  New  York,  1868 

Fully  half  the  work  is  devoted  to  the  early  history  of  California.     The 

Grant  was  that  of  Jacob  P.  Leese. 

>  ^^  292.  WILLIAMS  (A.).  A  Pioneer  Pastorate  and  Times:  Em- 
bodying contemporary  Local  transactions  and  Events;  Voyage  to 
California  in  1849;  the  Vigilance  Committee  of  1850  and  1851, 
Travels  in  Oregon;  Land  Titles;  "Town  Building"  on  paper,  etc. 
Portrait.    8vo,  255  pp.  San  Francisco,  1882 

y  >^  293.  WINCHESTER  (GEN.  J.).  Documents  Illustrating  the 
I  Business  of  Quartz  Mining,  an  Account  of  the  Mines  of  California, 
the  Placer  and  Gold  Diggings,  with  Extracts  from.  Dr.  F.  P.  Wierz- 
bicker's  ''Guide  to  the  Gold  Regions,"  together  with  the  Charter 
of  the  Grass  Valley  Gold  Mining  Co.,  etc.  8vo,  50  pp.  in  the  original 
tinted  wrappers.  New  York,  1852 

Rare. 

/     ^^294.  WISE  (H.).    Los  Gringos:  Or  an  Inside  View  of  California 
^      and  Mexico.    12mo,  pp.  453.  New  York,  1849 

Journal  of  trip  to  California  in  1846  and  two  years'  adventures  there, 
during  the  conquest. 

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295.  WISLIZENUS  (A.).  Memoir  of  a  Tour,  connected  with 
Col.  Doniphan's  Expedition  in  1846  and  1847,  with  a  scientific 
appendix.  3  large  folding  maps.  8vo,  three-quarter  morocco,  pp. 
141.  "Washington,  1848 

The  author  was  one  of  the  first  scientific  Pioneers  through  a  great  part 
of  the  country  explored.  The  preface  states  '*In  ]846  I  left  St.  Louis 
vnth.  the  intention  of  making  a  tour  through  Northern  Mexico  and  Upper 
California,  I  visited  as  many  mines  as  possible,  kept  tables,  memoranda  in 
relation  to  people,  their  number,  industry,  manners  and  previous  history^ 
etc.,  my  intention  being  to  gain  information  of  a  country  that  was  but 
little  known. 

yj>  296.  WOOD  (W.).    Wandering  Sketches  of  People  and  Things 

"^  in  California.    12mo,  386  pp.  Phila.  1849 

The  author  was  stationed  on  the  Pacific  to  await  the  outcome  of  the 
Oregon  Boundary  Negotiation  and  to  "seize  California ''  upon  the  first 
intelligence  to  ''justify  it."  He  spent  the  years  1844-5  and  6  along  these 
shores,  and  his  book  ig  one  of  the  few  which  describe  the  Country  and 
Natives  in  detail,  prior  to  the  Gold  Eush. 


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297.  WOODS   (D.  B.).     Sixteen  Months  at  the  Gold  Diggings. 
12mo,  199  pp.  New  York,  1851 

One  of  the  best  of  the  narratives  having  to  do  with  ' '  life  at  the  mines ' ' 
during  the  early  days. 

GEN.  WOOL'S  REPORT   ON  THE  DOINGS  OF  THE 
CALIFORNIA    VIGILANTS 

^  298.  WOOL  (GEN.).  Eeport  communicating  copies  of  all  cor- 
respondence of  the  Army  and  Civil  Authorities  of  California  rela- 
tive to  the  Doings  of  the  Vigilance  Committee  in  San  Francisco 
in  1856.    8vo,  half  calf.  Washington,  1857 

This  is  the  U.  S.  Government's  case  against  the  Vigilance  Committee, 
embracing  the  private  reports  of  Gen.  Wool;  the  Proclamation  of  Gov. 
Johnson;  Eeports  of  Col.  Be  Russey,  Lieut.  Gibson,  Capt.  Ord;  letters  of 
Gen.  Sherman,  letter  from  the  Marshal  of  the   ''Military  Forces  of  the 


^  299.  WYLD  (JAMES).     Geographical  and  Mineralogical  Notes 
on  California.    8vo,  sewn.  London,  1849 

Details  of  the  Political  and  Commercial  prospects;  history,  etc.,  with  an 
account   of  the   Mines,   Towns,  etc. 

EXCEEDINGLY  RARE  ORIGINAL  BOONVILLE  EDITION 
^  300.  YOUNGBLOOD  (C.  L.).  Adventures  of  Charles  L.  Young- 
blood   during   Ten  Years  on  the   Plains.     Written   by   Himself. 
Crude  Portrait.      12mo,  199  pp.      Boonville :  Standard  Press,  1882 
Apparently  the  first  copy  of  this  rare  narrative  to  be  sold  by  Auction, 
and  the  only  copy  we  trace  is  in  the  James  Library,     The  work  is  that  of 
a  Hunter  and  Trapper,  who  intersperses  his  memoirs  with  reminiscences 
of  Indian  Fighting  and  other  hair-raising  ''amusements"   of  the  Early 
Plains  days. 


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